E-mail interviewing in qualitative research: A methodological discussion

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1284-1295

  Meho, Lokman I ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERVIEWING STRATEGY; MIXED MODE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; ELECTRONIC MAIL; INFORMATION SCIENCE; ONLINE CONFERENCING; OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33746918716     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20416     Document Type: Review

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