Crossing into the digital realm

Riley, Sarah; Evans, Adrienne; Griffin, Christine; Morey, Yvette; Murphy, Helen

Abstract

This article reports on a discussion with a group of qualitative researchers working with digital and online research. The conversation took as its starting point the social and technological changes that make distinctions between on and offline selves increasingly irrelevant. Through this lens the group considered the distinctive contribution of qualitative research methods to investigate the complexity of the networked human experience, inclusing the embodied and emotional elements of life online. They also considered the new BPS internet research guidelines and future areas for research, particularly the impact of an intensififed life lived out through the imagined presence of another and the blurring of public and private, work and personal lives.

Citation

Riley, S., Evans, A., Griffin, C., Morey, Y., & Murphy, H. (2015). Crossing into the digital realm. Psychologist, 28(8), 652-655

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Aug 1, 2015
• Journal: The Psychologist
• Print ISSN: 0952-8229
• Publisher: British Psychological Society
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 652-655
• Keywords: qualitative research, digital research, online research
• Publisher URL: https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-28/august-2015/crossing-digital-realm
• Related Public URLs: https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-28/august-2015/crossing-digital-realm
• Additional Information: Additional Information : A filmed version of the discussion is available here https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1&v=CBkp21aux9E; Corporate Creators : The British Psychological Society