Hi Carmen, I did synchronous online interviews back in 1996 and got really interested in how digital media influence our interviewing and ethnographic research methods. I talk a lot about the complications and processes of interviewing in synchronous chat the book Life Online (Sage 1998). I also recommend reading the stuff in Gubrium & Holstein's edited volume entitled: Inside Interviewing. The collection covers both classic and contemporary concerns and techniques. There's also a classic work by James Spradley (1979) called The Ethnographic Interview. His techniques for developing open ended interviews and asking good questions that will get people to open up and tell their stories are invaluable, whether you're doing interviews in person or online. I always return to this small volume. Cheers, Annette ***************************************************** Annette N. Markham, Ph.D. Senior Research Fellow, Internet Research Ethics Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee amarkham@gmail.com http://www.cipr.uwm.edu/ http://markham.internetinquiry.org/ Co-Editor, International Journal of Internet Research Ethics http://www.ijire.net On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Becker, C. (Carmen) <c.becker@rs.ru.nl>wrote:
Dear all,
I am in the middle of my phd research/fielwork on media practices of young Muslims in Germany and the Netherlands who are inspired by Salafism. My research involves among other things participant observation in chat rooms and also Internet forums. I have done quite some (offline) interviews with both, men and women. Some men that I know from Islamic chat rooms would like to participate in interviews. However, their understanding of Islam does not allow them to talk to women that are not related to them by family. They offered to talk to me via msn (or paltalk).
I would like to prepare myself and I am looking for some literature expanding on the methodology and ethcial questions of online interviews (via synchronous chat). I would be happy about any recommendation from the list.
Thanks a lot in advance!
Best, Carmen
Carmen Becker ----------------------------------------- research.carmenbecker.net
Radboud University Nijmegen Postbus 9103 6500 HD NIJMEGEN The Netherlands
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