Ensuring privacy in online interviewing
Dear Jenni, I'd like to echo some points made by L. Wynholds and suggest some other questions that might help you to refine your proposal. I would be less concerned with privacy of the data in transmission, during the interview, and more concerned with protection of the data after the interview. You did not say what program you intend to use to record the interview, but I would suggest selecting one that allows you to download the interview (and as L emphasized, back it up!) then delete the copy stored on someone else's server in the cloud. I terms of the interviewee's privacy, as in the ability to speak freely without being overheard by others, that is hard to ensure in an online interview and all you can really do is spell out what you need from the interview and schedule the interview at a time when the interviewee feels they are best able to participate. I have a couple of other comments.... if I were reading your proposal, I would ask for a rationale explaining why you would use as your communication options one form that is all written (IM) and one that includes audio and visual interaction? The nature of the interactions and the types of data collected will be very different. * * How will you use the webcam? You can see the person-- how will you use those observations? Are you interested in non-verbal signals and affective responses? You will probably need to clearly define how you plan to use visual data. You could choose, for example, to review the recorded interview and use a notation system to record types of non-verbal expressions that are conveyed throughout the interview. Or, you could be looking for other visual information about appearance, the setting, what you can see in the interview. Of course you will have no data of that kind for the IM interviews....how will you address that disparity in the data analysis? If you are choosing Skype to do research that includes visual data, you need to explain it in your research design and in your recruitment/consent documents. If you are simply planning to focus on audio, or even audio with notes in text chat, then you will need to explain how you will bracket your own impressions of the participant in the video window-- or simply use voice only, essentially like a phone interview. You didn't mention whether or how you will use the interviewees' blog posts as data, which is another area for exploration and thinking about ethics... So... there are a number of things to think about as you look at your online data collection methods in the context of your methodology and study purpose, and by carefully exploring what you are doing and why, you'll develop a stronger dissertation proposal. I recently recorded a presentation made at a recent conference that might interest you: Visual & Virtual Interviews http://bit.ly/AcvSlM. Naturally I will also point to my books, *Online Interviews in Real Time*, which had a focus on ethics and an entire chapter on visual research online and *Cases in Online Interview Research*-- both from Sage Publications (see http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book233088) I hope you will make a convincing case for your study so you can conduct some valuable research! Best, Janet *Janet Salmons Ph.D.* *Capella University School of Business and Technology and Vision2Lead, Inc. *Site- http://www.vision2lead.com Follow Twitter at #einterview Now available: Cases in Online Interview Research<http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book235442> PO Box 943 Boulder, CO 80306-0943 jsalmons@vision2lead.com
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Dear Colleagues, I hope you will find the following call for presentation relevant. Please note that the deadline for submissions has been extended until April 2. Additional details at: http://blog.law.cornell.edu/lvi2012/ Best, Dmitry ------- Dmitry Epstein Cornell eRulemaking Initiative www.regulationroom.org CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS In 2012, we mark the 20th Anniversary of the Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School, the first legal website on the Internet and the birthplace of the free law, open access movement. This year also marks the 10th Anniversary of the Declaration on Free Access to Law, a document crafted and signed by delegates from more than a dozen countries assembled at the Law Via the Internet (LVI) conference in 2002. To mark this achievement and to strategize for the next 20 years, the 2012 LVI conference will be held in the United States for the first time, at the birthplace of the open access, free law movement, Cornell Law School in Ithaca, NY. Please join us! The format of this year's conference differs slightly from past conferences. Each day will begin with a keynote address delivered to all participants by a high-profile speaker. Following the keynote, participants will then attend shorter sessions in five themed tracks: - The Promise and Reality of e-Participation - The Business of (Open) Legal Publishing - Free Law and Government Policy - Application Development for Open Access and Engagement - Data Organization and Legal Informatics Each track session will be one hour in duration with 30 minutes for open discussion in between sessions. Sessions can take the form of papers, visual demonstrations, panel discussions, or any format which is suitable to the material being discussed. There will be four sessions on Monday and four sessions on Tuesday, for a total of 40 in all. Attendees are encouraged to move freely between tracks to sessions which interest them. We expect nearly 500 attendees in all. Catered lunches will be provided on Monday and Tuesday at the conference location. In addition, there will be an opening reception on the evening of Sunday, October 7, an Anniversary Gala on Monday evening with dining and dancing, and a closing reception after the last session on Tuesday afternoon. *Our Approach to Presentations* The Law via the Internet community now reaches significantly beyond the academic community where open access to law began. LVI 2012 is meant to be a place for interaction and discussion among researchers, practitioners, and policymakers situated in universities, in private industry, in government, in non-profit settings outside universities, and wherever people who work with open access to law can be found. For that reason, we are soliciting presentations in addition to papers. Both approaches will be considered equally in the selection process. Please read the Track Descriptions to learn what themes are being explored and decide under which Track your submission should be considered. Bear in mind that the conference chairs and organizers reserve the right to move your submission to a different track for reasons of thematic continuity or scheduling. Submission and review of proposals and abstracts will be coordinated through our registration site. Proposals and/or abstracts are due by March 15, 2012. The more details you can provide, the better. You will be notified of the chair's decisions no later than May 1, 2012. *To Propose a Presentation* Please submit a 400-500 word description of your presentation, which may take any form: moderated panel discussion, single speaker, or multiple speakers. Please provide names and biographic information on each person who will participate in your presentation. If your presentation is accepted, we would appreciate sharing either the text of your presentation, or the slides or other materials you may be using, so that it can be shared with conference attendees who may not have been able to attend your specific session. All presentations will be video recorded and available for download after the conference. If for purposes of funding or travel, you need your presentation to be peer reviewed, we will provide it. *To Submit a Paper* Those wishing to submit papers should submit a 400-500 word abstract or a first draft. Accepted papers will be published in PDF format on the conference website. We are not currently planning to create a printed volume of proceedings.
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Janet Salmons, Ph.D.