Skype as a tool for qualitative research interviews

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 103-117

  Iacono, Valeria Lo ^a   Symonds, Paul ^a   Brown, David H K ^a  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dance research; Intangible heritage research; Internet research methods; Qualitative interviews; Skype and VoIP; Wayfinding research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975168932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.3952     Document Type: Article

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