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Instant Messaging meets Diary Studies: Employing WhatsApp in Audio Diary Research with Female Journalists in Burkina Faso

Tagebuchverfahren per Instant Messaging: WhatsApp-Forschung mit Journalistinnen in Burkina Faso
[journal article]

Schönbächler, Viviane

Abstract

This paper discusses the challenges and opportunities of using instant messaging (IM) technologies for diary studies. The discussion shows that IM as well as diary methods are both highly adaptable and flexible tools for qualitative data collection. In combination, they allow for innovative designs ... view more

This paper discusses the challenges and opportunities of using instant messaging (IM) technologies for diary studies. The discussion shows that IM as well as diary methods are both highly adaptable and flexible tools for qualitative data collection. In combination, they allow for innovative designs that might overcome limitations of more widely used data collection methods. The paper presents in detail and reflects upon a mixed online and offline design of an audio diary method with ‘hard-to-reach’ research participants in Burkina Faso. It ends with discussing further methodological and ethical aspects such as reach, temporalities, media formats, conversation styles, confidentiality/anonymity, technical aspects, as well as interaction and power sharing between the researcher and participants in order to spark methodological reflections when designing an IM diary study.... view less


In diesem Beitrag werden die Herausforderungen und Möglichkeiten von Instant-Messaging-Technologien (IM) für Tagebuchstudien diskutiert. Die Diskussion zeigt, dass sowohl IM als auch Tagebuchmethoden sehr anpassungsfähige und flexible Werkzeuge für die qualitative Forschung sind. In Kombination ermö... view more

In diesem Beitrag werden die Herausforderungen und Möglichkeiten von Instant-Messaging-Technologien (IM) für Tagebuchstudien diskutiert. Die Diskussion zeigt, dass sowohl IM als auch Tagebuchmethoden sehr anpassungsfähige und flexible Werkzeuge für die qualitative Forschung sind. In Kombination ermöglichen sie innovative Designs, die die Einschränkungen traditioneller Datenerhebungsmethoden überwinden können. Anhand eines konkreten Beispiels in Burkina Faso wird die Anwendung einer Audio-Tagebuch- Methode detailliert und kritisch reflektiert. Daraufhin werden weitere Aspekte wie Reichweite, Zeitlichkeit, Medienformate, Konversationsstile, Anonymität/Vertraulichkeit, technische Überlegungen, sowie Machtverteilung und Interaktionen zwischen Forscher:innen und Teilnehmenden diskutiert, um methodologische Überlegungen beim Design einer IM-Tagebuchstudie anzuregen.... view less

Keywords
journalism; data capture; new technology; methodology; social media

Classification
Research Design
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods

Free Keywords
online data collection; diary studies; qualitative research; instant messaging (IM); Online-Datenerhebung; Tagebuchstudien; qualitative Forschung; Instant Messaging (IM)

Document language
English

Publication Year
2023

Page/Pages
p. 139-155

Journal
Zeitschrift für Qualitative Forschung, 24 (2023) 1

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3224/zqf.v24i1.11

ISSN
2196-2146

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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