
Professor Rebecca Eynon
Professor of Education, the Internet and Society
Rebecca Eynon's research focuses on learning and the Internet, and the links between digital and social exclusion.
Interviewing is a popular and well-established method in social science research. It is a varied and flexible approach that can be used alone, or together with other approaches to investigate a wide variety of topics related to the study of the Internet.
However, carrying out high quality interview studies requires a complex set of skills and knowledge that are often underestimated. Furthermore, the use of new technologies at all stages of the research process have extended the reach and possibilities to conduct interviews in varied ways and on different populations, but these opportunities (and challenges) need careful consideration.
This course is designed to encourage students to develop a critical stance to their own research practice and the work of others. Alongside conceptual and theoretical discussions in class, students will be obtaining hands‐on practice gathering qualitative data, particularly using digitally‐mediated methods.
This course will:
This course is designed to encourage students to develop a critical stance to their own research practice and the work of others. Alongside conceptual and theoretical discussions in class, students will be obtaining hands-on practice gathering qualitative data, particularly using digitally-mediated methods.
At the end of the course students will: