Modulated Participant-Observation: Managing the Dilemma of Distance in Field Research

Field Methods

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 190-196

  Hong, Lawrence K ^a   Duff, Robert W ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84993725054     PISSN: 1525822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X02014002004     Document Type: Article

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