Researching sensitive issues online: Implications of a hybrid insider/outsider position in a retrospective ethnographic study

Qualitative Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-86

  Paechter, Carrie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ethics; insider outsider; online research; qualitative; retrospective; time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873680125     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794112446107     Document Type: Article

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