Virtual Tours: Enhancing Qualitative Methodology to Holistically Capture Youth Peer Cultures
| Autor: | Jasmine Kelekay, Ana Campos-Holland, Brooke Dinsmore |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Virtual tour Relation (database) Multimedia business.industry media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050301 education 050801 communication & media studies Public relations computer.software_genre 0508 media and communications Geography Originality Children's geographies Ethnography Social media business 0503 education computer Qualitative research media_common |
| DOI: | 10.1108/s2050-206020160000011020 |
| Popis: | Purpose This paper introduces two methodological innovations for qualitative research. We apply these innovations to holistically understand youth peer cultures and improve participant-driven qualitative methodology. Methodology/approach It moves the methodological frontier forward by blending technology with the “go-along” approach used by ethnographers to prioritize participants’ perspectives and experiences within their socio-cultural contexts. Findings We introduce the youth-centered and participant-driven virtual tours, including a neighborhood tour using Google Maps designed to explore how youth navigate their socio-spatial environments (n = 64; 10–17 year-olds; 2013) and a social media tour designed to explore how youth navigate their networked publics (n = 50; 10–17 year-olds; 2013), both in relation to their local peer cultures. Originality/value Applicable to a wide range of research populations, the Google Maps tour and the social media tour give the qualitative researcher additional tools to conduct participant-driven research into youths’ socio-cultural worlds. These two innovations help to address challenges in youth research as well as qualitative research more broadly. We find, for example, that the “go-along” aspect of the virtual tour minimizes the perceived threat of the researcher’s adult status and brings youth participants’ perspectives and experiences to the center of inquiry in the study of local peer cultures. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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