Doing Qualitative Research Online

Dr. Janet Salmons is a qualitative scholar and methodologist. She is a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies and edits the newsletter, “When the Field is Online”.  Recent books include: Doing Qualitative Research Online 2nd edition (2022), What Kind of Researcher Are You? (2021), Reframing and Rethinking Collaboration in Higher Education and Beyond: A Practical Guide for Doctoral Students and Early Career Researchers with Narelle Lemon (2021), Publishing from your Doctoral Research: Create and Use a Publication Strategy with Helen Kara (2020), Learning to Collaborate, Collaborating to Learn (2019), Find the Theory in Your Research (2019), and Getting Data Online (2019). She previously managed the Sage Research Methods Community (formerly known as Methodspace).  Dr. Salmons received a B.S. in Adult and Community Education from Cornell University, an M.A. in Social Policy Studies from the SUNY Empire State College, and a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies and Educational Leadership at the Union Institute & University. She lives and works in Boulder, Colorado.Website link: www.salmons.blog

• Chapter 1: Using Qualitative Approaches for Research in a Data-Intensive WorldPart I: Designing Online Qualitative StudiesChapter 2: Choosing Methodologies and Methods for Online StudiesChapter 3: Choosing Information and Communications Technologies for Online StudiesPart II: Becoming an Ethical Online ResearcherChapter 4: Designing an Ethical Online StudyChapter 5: Conducting an Ethical Online StudyChapter 6: Researchers’ Roles and PositionsPart III: Preparing to Collect Data OnlineChapter 7: Creating a Sampling PlanChapter 8: Recruiting, Finding, and Selecting Participants OnlineChapter 9: Preparing to Interact with Participants OnlinePart IV: Collecting Qualitative Data OnlineChapter 10: Finding and Collecting Extant Data Online: Using Posts, Archives, or Big DataChapter 11: Eliciting Data Online: Asking Participants about Their ExperiencesChapter 12: Using Enacted Methods Online: Generating Data with Creative and Experiential MethodsPart V: Working with Data and Reporting FindingsChapter 13: Organizing, Analyzing, and Interpreting DataChapter 14: Writing, Reporting, Presenting, and Contributing to the LiteratureChapter 15: Online Communications and Online Qualitative Research: Trends and Influences

This timely second edition offers an invaluable guide through the complexities of doing qualitative research online. In her comprehensive and readable book, Salmons navigates methods and ethics, concepts and debates with great skill and finesse.