Pokémon go and research: Qualitative, mixed methods research, and the supercomplexity of interventions

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Clark, Alexander M ^a   Clark, Matthew T G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Lillian Osbourne High School   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994895202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16094069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1609406916667765     Document Type: Editorial

References (10)

1. Barnett, R. (2011). Being a university. London, England: Routledge.
2. Clark, A. M. (2013). What are the components of complex interventions in healthcare? Theorizing approaches to parts, powers and the whole intervention. Social Science & Medicine, 93, 185–193.
3. Craig, P. (2008). Developing and evaluating complex interventions: The new Medical Research Council guidance. British Medical Journal, 337, a1655.
4. Digital Stat. (2016). Hot game: Amazing Pokemon Go statistics. Retrieved from July 22, 2016, http://expandedramblings.com/index.php/pokemon-go-statistics/
5. Mashable. (2016). It’s true, ‘Pokémon Go’ is becoming a fitness craze. Retrieved from July 22, 2016, http://mashable.com/2016/07/12/pokemon-go-fitness/#jbcAhniK88qh
6. Moore, G. F., Audrey, S., Barker, M., Bond, L., Bonell, C., Hardeman, W., … Baird, J. (2015). Process evaluation of complex interventions: Medical Research Council guidance. British Medical Journal, 350, h1258.
7. Pawson, R., & Tilley, N. (1997). Realistic evaluation. London, England: Sage.
8. The Daily Dot. (2016). ‘Pokémon Go’ is so addictive that people are getting way more exercise than they’re used to. Retrieved from July 22, 2016, http://www.dailydot.com/debug/pokemon-go-work out-exercise-perk/
9. VentureBeat. (2016a). Pokémon Go has already passed 30M downloads and 35M in revenue. Retrieved from July 22, 2016, http://venturebeat.com/2016/07/19/sensor-tower-pokemon-go-hasalready- passed-30m-downloads-and-35m-in-revenue/
10. VentureBeat. (2016b). Pokémon Go is nice, but here’s what *real* augmented reality will look like. Retrieved from July 25, 2016, http://venturebeat.com/2016/07/24/pokemon-go-is-nice-butheres-what-real-augmented-reality-will-look-like/