Dear Carmen, In my experience the use of online interviews is perfectly suited to deal with sensitive relationships with research participants. In a study of an online community of right-wing extremists I have combined content analysis of a forum with synchronous online interviews because participants were too concerned about their privacy to meet offline. This worked out very well, and the interviews yielded rich data that are no less useful than data from face-to-face interviews. If you are interested in a modest reflection on some ethical and practical aspects of these methods, you might like to read the section on data and methods in De Koster, Willem and Dick Houtman (2008) '" Stormfront is Like a Second Home to Me": On Virtual Community Formation by Right-Wing Extremists.' /Information, Communication and Society/ 11(8), 1153-1175 I hope this might provide a starting point to gain further insight. Good luck with your research, which sounds exciting! Kind regards, Willem -- Willem de Koster Department of Sociology Faculty of Social Sciences Erasmus University Rotterdam P.O. Box 1738 3000 DR Rotterdam The Netherlands tel: +31 10 408 2390 fax: +31 10 408 9098 e-mail: dekoster@fsw.eur.nl homepage: http://www.willemdekoster.nl Becker, C. (Carmen) schreef:
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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