Qualitative and mixed methods social media research: A review of the literature

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

Volumn 2016, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Snelson, Chareen L ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facebook; Mixed methods; Qualitative; Social media research; Twitter; Web 2.0; YouTube

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978285357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16094069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1609406915624574     Document Type: Review

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