Chapter Four Qualitative Sampling and Internet Research

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Introduction 1
4. Chapter One When Social Media Data Disappear 6
5. Chapter Two The Needle in the Haystack: Finding Social Bots on Twitter 30
6. Chapter Three Meeting Youth Where They Are: Challenges and Lessons Learned from Social Media Recruitment for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth 50
7. Chapter Four Qualitative Sampling and Internet Research 78
8. Chapter Five Behind the Red Lights: Methods for Investigating the Digital Security and Privacy Experiences of Sex Workers 101
9. Chapter Six Using Unexpected Data to Study Up: Washington Political Journalism (and the Case of the Missing Press Pass) 123
10. Chapter Seven Social Media and Ethnographic Relationships 143
11. Chapter Eight Ethnographic Research with People Experiencing Homelessness in the Digital Age 160
12. Chapter Nine Going Rural: Personal Notes from a Mixed-Methods Project on Digital Media in Remote Communities 184
13. Chapter Ten Stitching Data: A Multimodal Approach to Learning About Independent Artists’ Social Media Use 205
14. Chapter Eleven A Measurement Burst Study of Media Use and Well-Being Among Older Adults: Logistically Challenging at Best 225
15. Chapter Twelve Community-Based Intervention Research Strategies: Digital Inclusion for Marginalized Populations 245
16. Contributors 265
17. Index 271