Reflecting on the experience of interviewing online: perspectives from the Internet and HIV study in London.
This paper considers some of the strengths and weaknesses of conducting synchronous online interviews for qualitative research. It is based on a study among gay/bisexual men that used both qualitative and quantitative methods to explore the association between seeking sex through the Internet and HI...
| Publicado en: | AIDS Care Vol. 16; no. 8; pp. 944 - 953 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , |
| Formato: | Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Nov2004
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=106083003&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 106083003 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09540121 AAE jtl: AIDS Care issn: 09540121 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Nov2004 vid: 16 iid: 8 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 106083003 2009399879 NLM15511726 106083003 ppf: 944 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Reflecting on the experience of interviewing online: perspectives from the Internet and HIV study in London. aug: au: Davis M Bolding G Hart G Sherr L Elford J sug: subj: Bisexuality HIV Infections Psychosocial Factors Homosexuality Internet Utilization Interviews Methods Adult Aged England Male Middle Age Risk Taking Behavior Sexual Partners Adult: 19-44 years Aged: 65+ years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Male ab: This paper considers some of the strengths and weaknesses of conducting synchronous online interviews for qualitative research. It is based on a study among gay/bisexual men that used both qualitative and quantitative methods to explore the association between seeking sex through the Internet and HIV transmission risk. Between June 2002 and January 2004, 128 gay/bisexual men living in London were interviewed one-to-one by the first author (MD) about their experience of using the Internet to find sexual partners and negotiating condom use for anal sex. Thirty-five men were interviewed online, while 93 were interviewed face-to-face (i.e. offline). This paper draws on MD's experience of conducting these interviews--both online and face-to-face. Synchronous online interviews have the advantage of being cheap, convenient and attractive to people who do not like face-to-face interviews. However, some of the social conventions and technical limitations of computer-mediated-communication can introduce ambiguity into the online dialogue. To minimize this ambiguity, both interviewer and interviewee have to edit their online interaction. One of the distinctive features of the online interview is that it emerges as a form of textual performance. This raises fundamental questions about the suitability of the synchronous online interview for exploring sensitive topics such as risky sexual behaviour. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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