Cases in Online Interview Research

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

"This is foundational and state-of-the-art for online interviewing methods and technologies. I am overwhelmingly impressed by the organization of this text. By including 10 actual studies, we not only learn about the design and organization of the research questions which animate the beginnings of the research project, but we learn what really happened, the problems and difficulties actually encountered (these are inevitable in all research), and how these were handled. The editor provides a common schematic diagram for each chapter. This is really an innovative, ground-breaking organizational format for qualitative methods."

• Chapter 1. Designing and Conducting Research With Online Interviews - Janet SalmonsPart I. Interview Research With Social Media ToolsChapter 2. Case: Blog Like an Egyptian - Sally BishaiChapter 3. Case: Stranger in a Strange Land: The Challenges and Benefits of Online Interviews in the Social Networking Space - Allison DeeganPart II. Interview Research in Virtual WorldsChapter 4. Case: Interviewing in Virtual Worlds: An Application of Best Practices - Jonathan CabiriaChapter 5. Case: Beneficial Interview Effects in Virtual Worlds: A Case Study - Ann RandallChapter 6. Case: Learning to Work In-World: Conducting Qualitative Research in Virtual Worlds Using In-Depth Interviews - Taryn Stanko and Jonathon RichterChapter 7. Case: Guides and Visitors: Capturing Stories in Virtual-World and Interactive Web Experiences - Patricia Wall, Jonas Karlsson, Zahra Langford, Tong Sun, Wei Peng, Eric Bier, Christian Overland, Mike Butman, Suzanne Fischer and Lisa KorzetzPart III. Hybrid On- and Offline Interviews: Videoconference, Text, Meeting Tools, E-Mail, and Face-To-Face InterviewsChapter 8. Case: Transitioning from F2F to Online Instruction: Putting the Action Into Online Research - Wendy L. Kraglund-GauthierChapter 9. Case: Integrated Interdisciplinary Online Interviews in Science and Health: The Climate and Health Literacy Project - Lynn WilsonChapter 10. Case: Implementing Technology in Blended Learning Courses - Nellie DeutschChapter 11. Case: Online Asynchronous and Face-to-Face Interviewing: Comparing Methods for Exploring Women′s Experiences of Breastfeeding Long Term - Sally DowlingPart IV. Reflections on E-Interview ResearchChapter 12. Building the Bike While Riding It: Creating E-Interview Methods While Conducting Research A Meta-Synthesis of the Cases - Janet Salmons