Analyzing Online Conversations: A Research Framework

Trena M. Paulus

Analyzing Online Conversations: A Research Framework

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Abstract

 From social media to online support groups to learning at a distance, conversations on the Internet have
 long been of interest to qualitative researchers in a variety of fields. Though a majority of research in
 this area relies on content analysis methods, this course will present a variety of qualitative methods for
 analyzing online conversations.
 We will introduce a research framework for analyzing online conversations, an approach designed to
 assist researchers in creating conceptually congruent research designs to answer important questions
 about what is happening in online conversations. More specifically, the framework will help participants
 learn how to:
  Identify an object of interest for investigation   Recognize philosophical and theoretical assumptions that impact research design   Create focused and relevant research questions   Ensure methodological alignment across aspects of the study design   Resolve ethical dilemmas surrounding the analysis of online conversations   Transform online conversations into a coherent dataset   Select appropriate technologies for working with the data   Analyze data using thematic, narrative and discursive techniques   Establish the quality of the findings  Relevant course material will come from    Researching Learning, Insight and Transformation in Online 
   Talk   (forthcoming in 2018, Routledge).

Original language	American English
State	Published - Jul 23 2018
Event	Annual Qualitative Research Summer Intensive - Chapel Hill, NC Duration: Jul 25 2018 → …

Conference

Conference	Annual Qualitative Research Summer Intensive
Period	7/25/18 → …

Keywords

online conversation
research framework

Disciplines

Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research

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