CALL FOR PAPERS
Session on
Methodological Aspects Of On-line Qualitative Research
RC33 Sixth International Conference on Social Science Methodology
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, August 16-20, 2004
Website: http://www.siswo.uva.nl/rc33/
In the last decade many forms of on-line qualitative research have been
developed and applied such as, just to mention some, on-line
interviewing, on-line focus groups, and participant observation in
internet communities. Apart from potential selection bias related to the
fact that Internet access, Internet proficiency and respondent
preferences regarding Internet communication are unequally distributed,
methodological implications of on-line qualitative research have not
been extensively discussed.
Papers in this session might focus on issues such as
· Interactional differences between face-to-face interviews, on-line
interviews and email interviews, and their effects on the interview
data.
· Different forms of participant observation in discussion lists and
Internet communities, such as open versus hidden participation;
non-participant observation (lurking) versus participant observation,
etc., and their methodological implications.
· Using Internet panels as sampling frame for theoretical sampling and
analytic induction.
· Mixed methods: combining on-line qualitative and quantitative
approaches with paper, telephone and face-to-face data collection
methods.
· Using Internet panels for reliability testing, respondent validation,
and longitudinal research.
· Creating an audit trail of on-line qualitative research.
· Etc.
Research papers reporting studies in which on-line methods are used will
be considered for this session but methodological research papers will
be preferred.
This session is organized by
Tony Hak
Faculteit Bedrijfskunde / Rotterdam School of Management
Erasmus University
P.O. Box 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Tel. +31 10 4089594
Fax +31 10 4089016
Email [log in to unmask]
Homepage http://people.fbk.eur.nl/thak/personal/
Persons wishing to submit a paper for this session should submit an
abstract which minimally entails:
· the title of the proposed paper
· a description of the paper of approximately 400 words
· name(s) and affiliation(s) of author(s)
· key-words
This abstract should be submitted by email to [log in to unmask] and to the
conference committee (mentioning this session) [log in to unmask]
THE DEADLINE for abstracts for papers is March 15, 2004.
A message of acceptation or rejection will be send by the chair of the
session and the Executive Scientific Committee before April 15, 2004.
THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING FULL PAPERS (in pdf format) is June 15,
2004.
Accepted papers of registered participants will be published on a
CD-ROM, available on the conference.
Fees and registration
Fees: 150 Euro for RC33 members (180 Euro for non-members); students and
members from countries in monetary transition will have a reduced fee of
100 Euro. For registrations after May 1, 2004, add 30 Euro.
For registration, see the website.
Best wishes, Tony Hak
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Tony Hak, Department of Methodology, Room F3-54
Faculteit Bedrijfskunde / Rotterdam School of Management
Erasmus University, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam
The Netherlands, Tel. +31 10 4089594, Fax +31 10 4089016
Email <[log in to unmask]>
Homepage http://people.fbk.eur.nl/thak/personal/
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