New Emerging Technologies in Qualitative Research
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According to Mayan (2009) being a qualitative researcher means to "enjoy living and learning with people to collectively make sense of our world. Qualitative research is not only done with people, it is also accomplished through people…" (p. 12). By virtue of its various definitions, qualitative research involves a great deal of human communication. Communication has a major role in all aspects of qualitative research from planning to execution. While many new qualitative research technologies have evolved over the past few decades, the most critical and influential ones are those related to communication technologies. As there is limited data about the use of communication technologies in qualitative research, the purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the new emerging technologies in qualitative research. We provide descriptions of the evolving technologies and highlight the importance of qualitative researchers being up to date with these developments.
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Researchers sometimes use videoconferencing technologies and other forms of synchronous communication when face-to-face interaction is difficult or impossible to achieve.
“Researchers sometimes use videoconferencing technologies and other forms of synchronous communication when face-to-face interaction is difficult or impossible to achieve.”
From Conducting a Qualitative Document Analysis (2022) · cites this paper as Redlich-Amirav & Higginbottom, 2014
Disconnections or a time lag that disrupts the flow of an interview may happen.
“And disconnections or a time lag that disrupts the flow of an interview may happen (Redlich-Amirav & Higginbottom, 2014).”
From Conducting a Qualitative Document Analysis (2022) · cites this paper as Redlich-Amirav & Higginbottom, 2014
Differences in time zones can make communication inconvenient.
“Differences in time zones can make communication inconvenient.”
From Conducting a Qualitative Document Analysis (2022) · cites this paper as Redlich-Amirav & Higginbottom, 2014
Videoconferencing and synchronous communication methods are not useful for certain projects, such as those with people too poor to own technology or those with participants unskillful in using it.
“Although these methods are beneficial, they are not useful for certain projects, such as those with people too poor to own technology or those with participants unskillful in using it.”
From Conducting a Qualitative Document Analysis (2022) · cites this paper as Redlich-Amirav & Higginbottom, 2014
Researchers cannot rely on nonverbal cues if using audio-only formats.
“Researchers cannot rely on nonverbal cues if using audio-only formats.”
From Conducting a Qualitative Document Analysis (2022) · cites this paper as Redlich-Amirav & Higginbottom, 2014
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- Authors
- Redlich-Amirav, D., & Higginbottom, G.
- Affiliations
- University of Alberta (CA)
- Venue
- The Qualitative Report
- Publisher
- Nova Southeastern University
- Published
- 2014-12-03
- ISSN
- 1052-0147 (ISSN-L)
- 2160-3715
- OpenAlex
- W135150818
- Cited by
- 68
- References
- 26
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 7
- FWCI
- 20.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-sa
- Locations
- The Qualitative Report (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- NSUWorks (Nova Southeastern University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods
- Social Sciences › Education › Qualitative Research Methods and Applications
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Data Analysis and Archiving
- Keywords
- emerging technologies, qualitative research, communication technology, research training, qualitative data collection
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