Engaging Remote Marginalized Communities using Appropriate Online Research Methods

Beaton, Brian; Perley, David; George, Chris; O’Donnell, Susan

doi:10.4135/9781473957992.n32

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“…Best practices for conducting research with marginalized populations suggest that scholars should be engaging in reflexivity at every stage. This includes consistent involvement of community and relevant stakeholders, often utilizing participatory methods, with a goal of social change (Beaton et al, 2017; Fassinger & Morrow, 2013). Many of the studies in the special issue did this.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Introduction: Marginality and Social Media

Pearce

Gonzales

Welles

2020

Social Media + Society

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This special issue brings together 13 manuscripts and two practitioner responses that speak to the intersection of marginality and social media in a variety of contexts. Readers of Social Media + Society certainly know what social media are, but marginality may be more elusive. We introduce this special issue by noting the historical moment for studying marginality, providing a working definition of that concept, and highlighting how this special issue sustains and extends that conversation within the context of social media.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Introduction: Marginality and Social Media

Pearce

Gonzales

Welles

2020

Social Media + Society

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“…Online surveys permitted accessing and describing a research sample at a large, geographically disbursed organization traversing eastern Australia (Beaton, Perley, George and O'Donnell 2017). Recruitment used the organization's website and online noticeboard to disseminate research-participation calls and ensured every member had an equal opportunity to participate.…”

Section: Online Surveysmentioning

confidence: 99%

Alternative Transportation Enterprises for Rural Australia: An Organizational Study of Greener Options and Use

Ragusa

Crampton

2019

International Journal of Rural Management

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Economic and social norms/behaviours challenge ‘greener’ transportation alternatives in rural Australia’s car-dependent society. Surveys ( n = 412) and interviews ( n = 44) conducted at a rural Australian organization reveal experiences with, and perceptions about, carpooling, public transportation, greener cars and walking/cycling campaigns. Infrastructure, cultural norms and life-stage demands competed against pro-environmental transportation actions, even if self-identifying as ‘pro-environment’. Discussed amid cognitive dissonance and impression management theory, findings support ‘attitude/action’ gaps in environmental psychology research. Interview participants knew vehicles degraded the environment and 81 per cent surveyed used environmental ratings in car purchasing decisions. Thus, deficit-based communication theory and public health campaigns are limiting approaches. Change management requires innovative solutions, not awareness-raising campaigns, to achieve organizational carbon neutrality goals beyond ‘offsetting’ and address the reasons—inconvenience and social/physical undesirability—interviewees shared about their ability/willingness to walk/cycle/share-drive.

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“…An example that illustrates empowerment and the affordances of digital technologies is Beaton, Perley, George, and O’Donnell’s (2017) research with First Nations communities in remote parts of Canada. This work includes First Nations people as coinvestigators, both directly, in the research team, and in the remote site, where community members become the field team.…”

Section: Citizen Research and Opening Up Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As marginalized groups and Indigenous academics challenge the traditional approach to doing research, new guidelines and protocols are being created by the communities and their intermediary organizations. For example, the Mi’kmaq Nations who Beaton et al (2017) work with have their own Ethics Watch to protect Mi’kmaq peoples and their knowledge when research is conducted in their communities. Researchers must submit their proposals for review by Mi’kmaq elders and coinvestigators who ensure their standards are upheld, and online researchers must respect these requirements and avoid possible conflicts before they can proceed.…”

Section: Citizen Research and Opening Up Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although Action Research has long required researchers to accommodate new relationships with research participants, the new wave of Participatory Action Research (PAR) that Beaton et al’s (2017) work represents goes considerably beyond the greater involvement of researchers acting alongside participants in the implementation of policies and programs that is customary in Action Research (Ekblom, 2011). Participants come into the researcher/researched relationship in a much fuller way in all stages of a project, and their voice is heard in largely equal terms.…”

Section: Citizen Research and Opening Up Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

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New Data and Old Dilemmas: Changes and Continuities in Online Social Research

Fielding

2018

Qualitative Inquiry

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The pace of change occasioned by the affordances of new technologies is accelerating. The last 5 years have seen developments following in the train of Web 2.0 applications that are remarkable even set against the pace of change since the advent of the Internet. Yet it is important to be realistic about the depth of change. While there is a widespread view that the prevailing trope of our contemporary times in the Western democracies is that of neoliberalism, that view also testifies to the enduring grip of long-established realities of political economy. This article assesses what has really changed, and what has not, in four domains: Collaborative and Online Working, Citizen Research & Opening Up Research, Analyzing Online Materials, and Merged Methods.

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Engaging Remote Marginalized Communities using Appropriate Online Research Methods

Cited by 10 publications

References 16 publications

Introduction: Marginality and Social Media

Introduction: Marginality and Social Media

Alternative Transportation Enterprises for Rural Australia: An Organizational Study of Greener Options and Use

New Data and Old Dilemmas: Changes and Continuities in Online Social Research

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