Research Article

ONLINE FOCUS GROUPS AND IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS: WHAT CAN OUR EXPERIENCES ARTICULATE?

Number: 49 March 2, 2022
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ONLINE FOCUS GROUPS AND IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS: WHAT CAN OUR EXPERIENCES ARTICULATE?

Abstract

Online interviewing has increasingly begun to be preferred in qualitative research in recent years. Here, we aim to discuss our methodological experiences based on e-field of the PhD thesis designed with a qualitative approach on poverty measurement. For this, we narrate our strategies improved for in-depth interviews and synchronous focus group discussions conducted in a 5-month-process through Zoom, categorizing them as before, during and after interviews. Scrutinizing our strategies, we discuss situationally prominent key characteristics of the e-field. Within this scope, we find out that the quality of infrastructure, keeping the duration of the interview short and the number of the questions and participants less than the traditional interviewing are significant factors. Last, we find it crucial to indicate that some outcomes of the e-field can have ambivalent characteristics and obligate the researchers to make selections.

Keywords

Supporting Institution

Yok

Project Number

Yok

Thanks

We would like to thank Dr. Hilal Arslan for her technical support during our fieldwork.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Sociology

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

March 2, 2022

Submission Date

September 9, 2021

Acceptance Date

October 28, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Number: 49

APA
Dayan, C., & Yüksel-kaptanoğlu, İ. (2022). ONLINE FOCUS GROUPS AND IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS: WHAT CAN OUR EXPERIENCES ARTICULATE? Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 49, 59-67. https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.993249
AMA
1.Dayan C, Yüksel-kaptanoğlu İ. ONLINE FOCUS GROUPS AND IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS: WHAT CAN OUR EXPERIENCES ARTICULATE? PAUSBED. 2022;(49):59-67. doi:10.30794/pausbed.993249
Chicago
Dayan, Cansu, and İlknur Yüksel-kaptanoğlu. 2022. “ONLINE FOCUS GROUPS AND IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS: WHAT CAN OUR EXPERIENCES ARTICULATE?”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, nos. 49: 59-67. https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.993249.
EndNote
Dayan C, Yüksel-kaptanoğlu İ (March 1, 2022) ONLINE FOCUS GROUPS AND IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS: WHAT CAN OUR EXPERIENCES ARTICULATE? Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 49 59–67.
IEEE
[1]C. Dayan and İ. Yüksel-kaptanoğlu, “ONLINE FOCUS GROUPS AND IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS: WHAT CAN OUR EXPERIENCES ARTICULATE?”, PAUSBED, no. 49, pp. 59–67, Mar. 2022, doi: 10.30794/pausbed.993249.
ISNAD
Dayan, Cansu - Yüksel-kaptanoğlu, İlknur. “ONLINE FOCUS GROUPS AND IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS: WHAT CAN OUR EXPERIENCES ARTICULATE?”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 49 (March 1, 2022): 59-67. https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.993249.
JAMA
1.Dayan C, Yüksel-kaptanoğlu İ. ONLINE FOCUS GROUPS AND IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS: WHAT CAN OUR EXPERIENCES ARTICULATE? PAUSBED. 2022;:59–67.
MLA
Dayan, Cansu, and İlknur Yüksel-kaptanoğlu. “ONLINE FOCUS GROUPS AND IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS: WHAT CAN OUR EXPERIENCES ARTICULATE?”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, no. 49, Mar. 2022, pp. 59-67, doi:10.30794/pausbed.993249.
Vancouver
1.Cansu Dayan, İlknur Yüksel-kaptanoğlu. ONLINE FOCUS GROUPS AND IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS: WHAT CAN OUR EXPERIENCES ARTICULATE? PAUSBED. 2022 Mar. 1;(49):59-67. doi:10.30794/pausbed.993249

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