Content, context, reflexivity and the qualitative research encounter: Telling stories in the virtual realm

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-87

  Illingworth, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biographical Methods; Computer Mediated Communication; Qualitative Methodology; Reflexivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645655209     PISSN: 13607804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.1216     Document Type: Review

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