Health Research in Cyberspace
Health Research in Cyberspace
ISBN: 9781594548192
出版社: Nova Science Pub Inc
出版年: 2006
页数: 319
定价: 105
装帧: HRD
内容简介
Chen and colleagues (2004: 157) contend, online technologies provide “researchers with an array of alternative arenas for data collection”. As we shall see in this volume, there are numerous ways for social researchers to undertake their research. In many ways, online research provides researchers with numerous attractive environments that offline research may not be able to do. But we shall see too that online researchers have come to realise that many issues that we have adopted for offline research can be problematic when we attempt to do the same for online research and this includes the methods of data collection and ethics. Online research can also be problematic and there are important issues which researchers need to think through and deal with. I have attempted to cover these issues in the chapters in this volume. Essentially, contributors discuss more or less along the methodological, practical and personal issues in doing their online research. Some chapters may lean towards a more formal type of writing and are more theoretical while others may be more subjective and practical. But this is the intention of this book, as reflected in its title.
作者简介
PROFESSOR PRANEE LIAMPUTTONG
Professor
Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Public Health and Human Biosciences
Department of Public Health
HS1-325, Melbourne (Bundoora)
目录
Preface
About The Book
Chapter 1: Online Research: An Introduction; pp. 1-24
(Pranee Liamputtong)
Chapter 2: Online Research: Focusing on Methodology; pp. 25-47
(Pranee Liamputtong)
Chapter 3: An Expanding Universe of Symbiotic and Colliding Worlds: Issues and Concerns for Healthcare Professionals conducting Health Research in Cyberspace; pp. 49-66
(Antoinette Cotton)
Chapter 4: Producing Cyber-Selves Through Technospatial Praxis: Studying Through Doing; pp. 67-84
(Radhika Gajjala and Melissa Altman)
Chapter 5: Researcher/Woman/Lesbian? Finding A Voice In Creating A Researcher Position, Trust And Credibility As A Participant Researcher In A Mediated Mailing-List Environment For Lesbian And Bisexual Women In A Time Of Conflict; pp. 85-104
(Janne Bromseth)
Chapter 6: The Methodology of Internet Research: Some Lessons Learned; pp. 105-120
(Richard Hessler)
Chapter 7: Methodological Issues in Online Sexual Health Research; pp. 121-132
(Brian Mustanski)
Chapter 8: Online HIV Research: Assessing Three Case Study Methodologies; pp. 133-146
(Anthony Lombardo and James Gillett)
Chapter 9: Email Group Discussion among Cancer Patients: Feminist Issues; pp. 147-157
(Eun-Ok Im and Wonshik Chee)
Chapter 10: Youth And Chronic Illness: Developing Insight Into The Lives Of Young People With Diabetes By Using Internet Based Interviews; pp. 159-170
(Bibi Holge-Hazelton)
Chapter 11: Online Dating and Mating: Some Research Experiences;pp. 171-191
(Danielle Couch and Pranee Liamputtong)
Chapter 12: A Longer Working Life for Australian Women? – The BabyBoomWomen@Work2020 Website; pp. 193-207
(Monica Merkes)
Chapter 13: Narrative Resources and Identity in an Online Support Group for Multiple Sclerosis; pp. 209-228
(Monique Solomon)
Chapter 14: Researching the Digital Narratives of Health, Illness and the Body; pp.229-241
(Michael Hardey)
Chapter 15: Internet Newsgroups As A Source Of Data For Qualitative Healthcare Research: Issues, Challenges And The Practicalities Of Exploring Young People’s Mental Health Accounts; pp. 243-256
(Stephen Bradley and Bernie Carter)
Chapter 16: Healthcare-Related Web Forums In Saudi Arabia: Understanding Their Use Through Silent Observation And Thematic Content Analysis; pp. 257-272
(Yeslam Al-Saggaf and Radwan Kharabsheh)
Chapter 17: Gentle Hugs: Researching Online Support Systems for Women with Lupus; pp. 273-284
(Cindy Mendelson)
Chapter 18: Breast Cancer Cyberspace: A Hitchhiker’s Guide; pp.285-296
(Barbara Thomas)
In Trying to Conclude.
(Pranee Liamputtong)
Contributors
Index