Refamilisation in the broadband society – the effects of ICTs on family solidarity in Finland

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The Big Meaning of Small Messages: The Use of WhatsApp in Intergenerational Family Communication

“…Lastly, the design of research material collection entails also some limitations that should be kept in mind while reading and interpreting the results. While the key informants were able to gain information that might not be accessible to an outside interviewer, their double role as co-researchers and the members of the studied families is not problem-free [38]. It is also likely that the self-selection of the key informants has bearings on the contents of the research material.…”

“…Some key informants extended the interviews to cover their cousins, aunts and uncles, especially in Italy, and others interviewed their spouses and own children. The limitation of the EGI method had been reported in earlier publications [3,38].…”

“…The data was gathered using the Extended Group Interview (EGI) method [3,38]. The EQI was designed to study intergenerational relations in extended families, and it was premised on the collaborative nature of the ethnographic enquiry.…”

Exploring heterogeneous ICT use among older adults: The warm experts’ perspective

“…The attribute "extended" before "group interview" refers to (1) the possibility of complementing interviews with observations, (2) extending group interviews into a series of interviews to investigate family members' differentiated daily agendas and (3) the option to perform interviews through phone or any mode of video conferencing, such as Skype, if a family member is not otherwise available. (For a more detailed description, see Hänninen et al, 2018;Taipale, 2019, appendix. ) In our thematic analysis, we first paid attention to the various forms of ICT support that older adults actually need and that are beneficial for their use of digital technology.…”

“…Key informants also gathered background information on each interviewee including gender, age, relationship with the key informant and whether the key informant and informant shared a household. Geographical distance was documented if the key informant and the informant were not members of the same household (Hänninen et al, 2018). The research reports include in total over 29,000 words.…”