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11 - A Productive Chat

Instant Messenger Interviewing

from Part III - Virtual Data Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2017

Virginia Braun
Affiliation:
University of Auckland
Victoria Clarke
Affiliation:
University of the West of England, Bristol
Debra Gray
Affiliation:
University of Winchester
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Collecting Qualitative Data
A Practical Guide to Textual, Media and Virtual Techniques
, pp. 213 - 234
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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Further Resources: Online

For an introduction to what IM is, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging

Further Resources: Readings

To read more about the example studies involving couple interviews, see

For further guidance on preparing for synchronous online interviews, see Chapter 6: Preparing for a live online interview, in: Salmons, J. (2010). Online interviews in real time. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.Google Scholar
For useful guidance on creating and sustaining meaningful relationships with participants in online interviews, see Chapter 2: Engaging with research participants online in James, N. and Busher, H. (2009). Online interviewing. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.Google Scholar
Lannutti, P. J. (2008). ‘This is not a lesbian wedding’: Examining same-sex marriage and bisexual-lesbian couples. Journal of Bisexuality, 7(3/4), 237260.Google Scholar
Lannutti, P. J. (2011). Examining communication about marriage amendments: Same-sex couples and their extended social networks. Journal of Social Issues, 67(2), 264281.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Lannutti, P. J. (2013). Same-sex marriage and privacy management: Examining couples’ communication with family members. Journal of Family Communication, 13(1), 6075.Google Scholar

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