The smartphone as a snapshot of its use: Mobile media elicitation in qualitative interviews

Kaufmann, Katja

doi:10.1177/2050157917743782

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“…In addition, we used photo elicitation interview (PEI) techniques (Clark-Ibáñez, 2004; Harper, 2002), a data collection strategy that invites respondents to share photos as part of the research process. Integrating smartphones in qualitative interviews has become a trend in mobile communication research (Kaufmann, 2018). For example, while telling their story, we asked respondents to select images from their phones and tell us the detailed stories behind them, a modality of the PEI that also helps as a memory aid.…”

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Throw me a lifeline: Articulating mobile social network dispersion and the social construction of risk in rescue communication

Stephens

Robertson

Murthy

2019

Mobile Media & Communication

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This research develops a model of mobile social network dispersion in rescue communication, and illustrates how people use a combination of mobile and social media, along with real-time communication, in their decision-making process. Guided by established research on smartphones, social media, and affordances, we used a qualitative approach and conducted field interviews that included photo-elicitation interview (PEI) techniques to examine participants’ private social media data. Our analysis of these rescue decisions reveals why so few people used the official 9-1-1 system. We show how rescue communication often occurs through a socially constructed assessment of risk that involves persuasion by trusted others in their network, regardless of professional qualifications. Furthermore, trusted others can function as proxies and can draw upon mobile social network affordances, helping to compensate for material limitations. The affordances people drew from can be organized into two sets: foundational and amplification. Hierarchical relationships exist among these sets of affordances, and materiality plays a pivotal role in rescue communication. Ultimately, our analysis uncovers the multimodality around people’s decisions to ask for help.

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Throw me a lifeline: Articulating mobile social network dispersion and the social construction of risk in rescue communication

Stephens

Robertson

Murthy

2019

Mobile Media & Communication

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“…Getting into the fieldbreaking the ice PIE can lower the threshold to discuss one's daily life and thus enhance the dialogue between the researcher and the person participating in the research by serving as an icebreaker at the beginning of the interview (Kaufmann 2018;Pink et al 2016;Harper 2002). However, there are multiple reasons why establishing a safe, confidential, and inspiring atmosphere, which can be regarded as the basic elements of a successful interview, can at times prove difficult.…”

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Participant-induced elicitation in digital environments

Hänninen¹

2020

Challenges and Solutions in Ethnographic Research

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“…Getting into the fieldbreaking the ice PIE can lower the threshold to discuss one's daily life and thus enhance the dialogue between the researcher and the person participating in the research by serving as an icebreaker at the beginning of the interview (Kaufmann 2018;Harper 2002). However, there are multiple reasons why establishing a safe, confidential, and inspiring atmosphere, which can be regarded as the basic elements of a successful interview, can at times prove difficult.…”

Section: Older Adults Using Digital Technologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Challenges and Solutions in Ethnographic Research

Lähdesmäki¹,

Koskinen-Koivisto²,

Čeginskas³

et al. 2020

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Challenges and Solutions in Ethnographic Research: Ethnography with a Twist seeks to rethink ethnography 'outside the box' of its previous tradition and to develop ethnographic methods by critically discussing process, ethics, impact and knowledge production in ethnographic research. This interdisciplinary edited volume argues for a 'twist' that supports openness, courage, and creativity to develop and test innovative and unconventional ways of thinking and doing ethnography. 'Ethnography with a twist' means both an intentional aim to conduct ethnographic research with novel approaches and methods but also sensitivity to recognize and creativity to utilize different kinds of 'twist moments' that ethnographic research may create for the researcher. This edited volume critically evaluates new and old methodological tools and their ability to engage with questions of power difference. It proposes new collaborative methods that allow for co-production and co-creation of research material as well as shared conceptual work and wider distribution of knowledge. The book will be of use to ethnographers in humanities and social science disciplines including sociology, anthropology and communication studies.

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The smartphone as a snapshot of its use: Mobile media elicitation in qualitative interviews

Cited by 34 publications

References 43 publications

Throw me a lifeline: Articulating mobile social network dispersion and the social construction of risk in rescue communication

Throw me a lifeline: Articulating mobile social network dispersion and the social construction of risk in rescue communication

Participant-induced elicitation in digital environments

Challenges and Solutions in Ethnographic Research

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