Reflecting on Asynchronous Internet Mediated Focus Groups for Researching Culturally Sensitive Issues

Autor/inn/en	MacNamara, Noirin; Mackle, Danielle; Trew, Johanne Devlin; Pierson, Claire; Bloomer, Fiona
Titel	Reflecting on Asynchronous Internet Mediated Focus Groups for Researching Culturally Sensitive Issues
Quelle	In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 24 (2021) 5, S.553-565 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (MacNamara, Noirin) ORCID (Mackle, Danielle) ORCID (Trew, Johanne Devlin) ORCID (Pierson, Claire) ORCID (Bloomer, Fiona)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1364-5579
DOI	10.1080/13645579.2020.1857969
Schlagwörter	Internet; Focus Groups; Program Effectiveness; Asynchronous Communication; Safety; Time; Social Bias; Cultural Influences; Pregnancy; Computer Mediated Communication; Barriers; Foreign Countries; Privacy; Information Security; Confidentiality; United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sicherheit; Zeit; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Schwangerschaft; Computerkonferenz; Ausland; Privatsphäre
Abstract	Internet-mediated focus groups (FGs) have become a feature of qualitative research over the last decade; however, their use within social sciences has been adopted at a slower pace than other disciplines. This paper considers the advantages and disadvantages of internet-mediated FGs and reflects on their use for researching culturally sensitive issues. It reports on an innovative study, which utilised text-based asynchronous internet-mediated FGs to explore attitudes to abortion, and abortion as a workplace issue. The authors identify three key elements of text-based asynchronous online FGs as particularly helpful in researching culturally sensitive issues -- safety, time and pace. The authors demonstrate how these elements, integral to the actual process, contributed to 'opinion change/evolution' and challenged processes of stigmatisation centred on over-simplification, misinformation as to the incidence of a culturally sensitive issue in a population, and discrimination. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01