Designing and Developing Cell Phone Applications for Qualitative Research

Do, Jaewoo; Yamagata-Lynch, Lisa C.

doi:10.1177/1077800417731085

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“…Still, users exchange billions of individual messages via WhatsApp. Should researchers strive to use open-source software or even develop their own applications (Do & Yamagata-Lynch, 2017), despite the high costs, so that the data participants produce in good will for academic research can be handled appropriately? Should researchers exclude topics that are likely to produce sensitive data when using a commercial service?…”

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The mobile instant messaging interview (MIMI): Using WhatsApp to enhance self-reporting and explore media usage in situ

Kaufmann

Peil

2019

Mobile Media & Communication

108

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How do people use media technologies in everyday life and how do they make sense of them? This is one of the core questions in media and communication studies, gaining even more in relevance in light of the rapidly changing, convergent media environment. Yet, rich and context-sensitive data about media and technology use are difficult to generate when media consumption is increasingly pervasive, ubiquitous, and often goes on in passing. At the same time, the full potential of smartphones in qualitative research has not yet been realized. The mobile instant messaging interview (MIMI) introduced and assessed in this paper is intended to fill this gap by exploiting some of the unique communication and multimedia features offered by mobile instant messaging apps. Drawing on diary techniques and on the tried and tested mobile experience sampling method (MESM), the MIMI uses WhatsApp for an in situ exploration of distinct settings and situations of social action (e.g., media usage). To substantiate the approach, the results of a pilot study conducted with young smartphone users are presented, discussing the advantages and drawbacks of mobile instant messaging interviews in detail, from the researcher’s as well as the participant’s point of view.

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Section: Recommendations and Outlookmentioning

confidence: 99%

The mobile instant messaging interview (MIMI): Using WhatsApp to enhance self-reporting and explore media usage in situ

Kaufmann

Peil

2019

Mobile Media & Communication

108

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“…In a reflexive move regarding qualitative researchers and the technology industries with which they interact, Do and Yamagata-Lynch (2017), Le Blanc (2017), Davidson et al (2017), and Jackson (2017) discuss the pursuit of strategies that both protect researcher autonomy and push back on the potentially standardizing influences of technology. For example, Le Blanc (2017) illustrates how her use of QSR NVivo 10 helped conceptualize a diverse array of research narratives within a single project to help identify and challenge the narratives that were more privileged.…”

Section: Research Ethics In Digital Contextsmentioning

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Digital Tools for Qualitative Research: Disruptions and Entanglements

Paulus

Jackson²,

Davidson

2017

Qualitative Inquiry

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In this introduction to the special issue on digital tools for qualitative research, we focus on the intersection of new technologies and methods of inquiry, particularly as this pertains to educating the next generation of scholars. Selected papers from the 2015 International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry special strand on digital tools for qualitative research are brought together here to explore, among other things, blogging as a tool for meaning-making, social media as a data source, data analysis software for engaging in postmodern pastiche and for supporting complex teams, cell phone application design to optimize data collection, and lessons from interactive digital art that pertain to the use of digital tools in qualitative research. This collection disrupts common conceptions (and persistent misconceptions) about the relationship between digital tools and qualitative research and illustrates the entanglements that occur whenever humans intersect with the nonhuman, the human-made, or other humans.

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“…In spite of the need to comprehend what consumers are expecting with the aim of increasing App sales, very limited research is available on why and how consumers decide to purchase paid mobile Apps. Specifically, most of the research in this field has primarily been directed to tackling issues of App adoption (e.g., [14,15]), App design and development (e.g., [16,17]), and App usage (e.g., [18,19]). It is worth noting that mobile App adoption is, to some extent, different from App purchase.…”

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What Makes Consumers Purchase Mobile Apps: Evidence from Jordan

Al-Adwan

Sammour

2020

JTAER

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Mobile applications (mobile Apps) have changed the ecosystem of the business world. The rapid progression in the market for smart devices and mobile Apps has brought about a revolution with regard to the mobile Apps’ economy. The major revenue stream of this economy is the sale of mobile Apps, with such sales being expected to increase dramatically every year. However, in spite of this, a considerable number of mobile Apps fail to capture consumers’ attention. Additionally, in developing countries such as Jordan, there is lack of research into understanding and determining the major factors that influence consumers’ decisions to purchase mobile Apps. Accordingly, the main objective of this study is to identify the key factors that Jordanian consumers consider in determining whether or not to purchase mobile Apps for their smartphones. To achieve this objective, a mixed-methods approach is adopted. An exploratory study involving a qualitative methods approach (interviews with consumers) is first conducted in order to determine the factors that influence consumers’ purchase behavior decisions. Then, a confirmatory study that employs a quantitative approach (a survey questionnaire) is undertaken to test the proposed model, the building of which is based on the findings of the exploratory study. The results indicate that seven factors are recognized as being pre-eminent when it comes to decisions to purchase mobile Apps. These factors include the price value of the App, App performance, App enjoyment, App trialability, electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) about the App, App technical reliability and App usefulness. While this study advances our understanding of the main factors that influence mobile Apps purchase, it also reveals useful implications for mobile Apps publishers and developers, in order to promote and increase the sales of Apps.

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Designing and Developing Cell Phone Applications for Qualitative Research

Cited by 13 publications

References 29 publications

The mobile instant messaging interview (MIMI): Using WhatsApp to enhance self-reporting and explore media usage in situ

The mobile instant messaging interview (MIMI): Using WhatsApp to enhance self-reporting and explore media usage in situ

Digital Tools for Qualitative Research: Disruptions and Entanglements

What Makes Consumers Purchase Mobile Apps: Evidence from Jordan

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