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Digital Tools for Qualitative Research

Disruptions and Entanglements

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ID2386275
AuthorsT M Paulus (0000-0002-0579-1644, University of Georgia, Athens, USA), Kristi Jackson (0000-0003-0081-5165, Queri, Inc., Denver, CO, USA), Judith Davidson (University of Massachusetts Lowell)
Year2017
Volume23
Issue10
Pages751-756
Publication date2017-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Inquiry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8004 • E-ISSN: 1552-7565
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1077800417731080
OpenAlexW2759721168
LanguageEN
Citations received21
References cited42

In this introduction to the special issue on digital tools for qualitative research, we focus on the intersection of new technologies and methods of inquiry, particularly as this pertains to educating the next generation of scholars. Selected papers from the 2015 International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry special strand on digital tools for qualitative research are brought together here to explore, among other things, blogging as a tool for meaning-making, social media as a data source, data analysis software for engaging in postmodern pastiche and for supporting complex teams, cell phone application design to optimize data collection, and lessons from interactive digital art that pertain to the use of digital tools in qualitative research. This collection disrupts common conceptions (and persistent misconceptions) about the relationship between digital tools and qualitative research and illustrates the entanglements that occur whenever humans intersect with the nonhuman, the human-made, or other humans

Data collection · Data science · Digital media · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Intersection (aeronautics · Meaning (existential · Phone · Postmodernism · Qualitative property · Qualitative research · Social media · Social science · Sociology · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Engineering · Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics

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  • Introduction to Special Issue—Qualitative Inquiry in the 20/20s

    Open Access•J N Lester, T M Paulus et al.•Qualitative Inquiry•2023

  • Co-Creating Accessibility-Centred Mobility Strategies in Low-Density Suburban Contexts

    Open Access•José Augusto Paixão Gomes, João Monteiro et al.•Urban Science•2026

  • The mobile instant messaging interview (MIMI)

    Open Access•Katja Kaufmann, Corinna Peil•Mobile Media & Communication•2019

  • App-based textual interviews

    Open Access•Silje Anderdal Bakken•International Journal of Social…•2022

  • Digital qualitative research workflows

    T M Paulus, J N Lester•International Journal of Social…•2023

  • Reflecting on the Future of QDA Software

    Open Access•T M Paulus, Trena Paulus et al.•Qualitative Report•2018

  • Critical-Emancipatory Workshop Analysis Through Qualitative Analysis Software

    Open Access•Lucimara Fabiana Fornari, Lucimara Fornari et al.•Qualitative Report•2020

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  • Qualitative Data Analysis Software and Family Science

    Open Access•Áine Humble•Journal of Marriage and the Family•2025

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    T M Paulus, Trena Paulus et al.•Digital Tools for Qualitative…•2014

  • Doing Qualitative Research Online

    Janet Salmons, Janet E Salmons•Doing Qualitative Research Online•2016

  • Framing the telephone interview as a participant-centred tool for qualitative research

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  • Research integrity, image manipulation, and anonymizing photographs in visual social science research

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    T M Paulus, Trena Paulus et al.•International Journal of Social…•2015

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    Ester Mcgeeney•International Journal of Social…•2015

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    Christina Silver, Nicholas H Woolf•International Journal of Social…•2015

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    Open Access•Monica J Barratt, Amrei Maddox et al.•Qualitative Research•2016

  • Using a smartphone app in qualitative research

    Open Access•Borja García García, Borja García et al.•Qualitative Research•2016

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    Open Access•Sally Seitz•Qualitative Research•2016

  • The email-diary

    Open Access•Adam Jones, Janet Woolley•Qualitative Research•2015

  • Photographing physical activity

    Open Access•Noreen Orr, Cassandra Phoenix•Qualitative Research•2015

  • Using digital and instant film photography for research documentation

    Open Access•Lauren Leigh Hinthorne•Qualitative Research•2014

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    Open Access•Tom Hall, Robin Smith et al.•Qualitative Research•2014

  • Picturing commuting

    Open Access•Cornelia Guell, David Ogilvie•Qualitative Research•2015

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    Open Access•Carrie Paechter•Qualitative Research•2013

  • Beyond the observer's paradox

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  • Disruptive Meaning-Making

    Open Access•Amana Marie Le Blanc•Qualitative Inquiry•2017

  • Where Qualitative Researchers and Technologies Meet

    Open Access•Kristi Jackson•Qualitative Inquiry•2017

  • Designing and Developing Cell Phone Applications for Qualitative Research

    Open Access•Jaewoo Do, Lisa C Yamagata-Lynch•Qualitative Inquiry•2017

  • Qualitative Data Analysis Software Practices in Complex Research Teams

    Open Access•Judith Davidson, Shanna Thompson et al.•Qualitative Inquiry•2017

  • Anonymous Social Media and Qualitative Inquiry

    Open Access•Caitlin Byrne•Qualitative Inquiry•2017

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    Open Access•Uwe Flick•Qualitative Inquiry•2015

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    Open Access•Susan Nordstrom, Susan Naomi Nordstrom•Qualitative Inquiry•2015

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    Open Access•Greg Dimitriadis•Qualitative Inquiry•2015

  • Qualitative Research and Our Digital Futures

    Open Access•Nigel G Fielding, Nigel Fielding•Qualitative Inquiry•2014

  • Constructing Hopes and Fears Around Technology

    Open Access•T M Paulus, J N Lester et al.•Qualitative Inquiry•2013

  • Assembling the Affective Field

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Unique citing works21
Citations per year2,63
Citation span2018 - 2026 (9)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 20
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