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Thomson, Rachel; Plumridge, Libby; Holland, Janet

doi:10.1080/1364557032000091789

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“…This combination 'brings to life' the digital trace, capturing the specific context(s) and contours within which 8 our participants are using Facebook to make disclosures that we could not intuit without them present. Further, this combination of methods enables us to understand our participants' uses of the site as part the process of continuous change (Thomson, Plumridge & Holland, 2003).…”

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Uncovering longitudinal life narratives: scrolling back on Facebook

Robards¹,

Lincoln

2017

Qualitative Research

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This article explores the potential role of sustained social media use in longitudinal qualitative research. We introduce the research design and methodology of a research project exploring sustained use (five or more years) of the social network site Facebook among young people in their twenties. By focusing on this group, we seek to uncover how 'growing up' stories are told and archived online, and how disclosure practices (what people say and share on social media) change over time. We question how we can understand the 'digital trace' inscribed through the Facebook Timeline as a longitudinal narrative text. We argue that 'scrolling back' through Facebook with participants as 'co-analysts' of their own digital traces can add to the qualitative longitudinal research (QLR) tradition. QLR and the scroll back method attend to a similar set of concerns around change over time, the depth of inquiry, and uncovering rigorous, rich life narratives. We explore limitations (especially around intentionality) and ethical challenges, while also arguing for the inclusion of these often highly personal, deep, co-constructed digital texts in qualitative longitudinal research.We also consider how the scroll back method could apply to other digital media, as the sites and applications that people user diversifies and changes over time.

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Section: The 'Scroll Back' Methods and The In-depth Interviewmentioning

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Uncovering longitudinal life narratives: scrolling back on Facebook

Robards¹,

Lincoln

2017

Qualitative Research

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“…The narrative is made of a sequence of interconnected events and states that fit together as a coherent story from the perspective of capability-building. The approach draws from the idea that longitudinal organizational research (Kimberly, 1976;Miller & Friesen, 1982;Thomson, Plumridge, & Holland, 2003) can be fruitfully combined with theory building to generate a retrospective interpretation of a process (Hernes, 2008).…”

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Building Governance Capability in Online Social Production: Insights from Wikipedia

Aaltonen

Lanzara

2015

Organization Studies

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This article investigates a form of governance that makes online social production possible. Drawing on the concepts of capability and routine, we develop a dynamic, process-oriented view that departs from past research focused on static comparative analysis. We theorize that online social production systems develop a collective governance capability to steer the process of integrating distributed knowledge resources to the production of value. Governance mechanisms emerge from individual and collective learning that is made possible by new technology, and they evolve over time, as routines are developed to respond to new problems faced by a growing production system. Using Wikipedia as a paradigmatic example of online social production, we characterize governance as an evolving, enabling and embedded process and discuss implications for a dynamic theory of governance.

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“…Longitudinal qualitative research (LQR) has been an emerging methodology over the last decade with methodological discussion and debate taking place within social research [1]. Longitudinal qualitative research is distinguished from other qualitative approaches by the way in which time is designed into the research process, making change a key focus for analysis [1].…”

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“…Longitudinal qualitative research is distinguished from other qualitative approaches by the way in which time is designed into the research process, making change a key focus for analysis [1]. LQR answers qualitative questions about the lived experience of change, or sometimes stability, over time.…”

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Developing longitudinal qualitative designs: lessons learned and recommendations for health services research

Calman

Brunton

Molassiotis

2013

BMC Med Res Methodol

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BackgroundLongitudinal qualitative methods are becoming increasingly used in the health service research, but the method and challenges particular to health care settings are not well described in the literature.We reflect on the strategies used in a longitudinal qualitative study to explore the experience of symptoms in cancer patients and their carers, following participants from diagnosis for twelve months; we highlight ethical, practical, theoretical and methodological issues that need to be considered and addressed from the outset of a longitudinal qualitative study.ResultsKey considerations in undertaking longitudinal qualitative projects in health research, include the use of theory, utilizing multiple methods of analysis and giving consideration to the practical and ethical issues at an early stage. These can include issues of time and timing; data collection processes; changing the topic guide over time; recruitment considerations; retention of staff; issues around confidentiality; effects of project on staff and patients, and analyzing data within and across time.ConclusionsAs longitudinal qualitative methods are becoming increasingly used in health services research, the methodological and practical challenges particular to health care settings need more robust approaches and conceptual improvement. We provide recommendations for the use of such designs. We have a particular focus on cancer patients, so this paper will have particular relevance for researchers interested in chronic and life limiting conditions.

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Uncovering longitudinal life narratives: scrolling back on Facebook

Uncovering longitudinal life narratives: scrolling back on Facebook

Building Governance Capability in Online Social Production: Insights from Wikipedia

Developing longitudinal qualitative designs: lessons learned and recommendations for health services research

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