Lisa, In a recent Cyberanalytics subject for my Masters degree, I delved into online ethnography. Some of the links below cover Online Focus Groups which has some application of online interviewing. Wittel, A. (2000). Ethnography on the Move: From Field to Net to Internet. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung, 1 (1). Retrieved 08 May 2003 from http://qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-00/1-00wittel-e.htm Burton, L., & Goldsmith, D. (2002). The Medium is the Message: Using online focus groups to study online learning. Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium, New Britain, CT, USA, http://www.ctdlc.org/Evaluation/mediumpaper.pdf. Rezabek, R. J. (2000). Online focus groups: Electronic discussions for research. Forum Qualitative: Qualitative Social Research [Online Journal], 1(1), http://qualitative-research.net/fqs. Regards Kylie Veale Brisbane, Australia --------------------------------------- MInetStds(Design) [completing Nov 2003] GradDipInfEnv -----Original Message----- From: air-l-admin@aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin@aoir.org] On Behalf Of Lisa-Jane McGerty Sent: Tuesday, 15 July 2003 1:55 AM To: air-l@aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] Online interviewing Dear AoIRers Can anyone recommend any good books/journal articles/websites on doing qualitative interviews online, i.e. using one-to-one synchronous exchanges in some kind of chat environment (or whatever) for qualitative research? Has anyone on the list ever done this? Any thoughts anyone?? Any help gladly appreciated... Lisa McGerty Applied Social Sciences University of Bradford, UK _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l@aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l