Reflexivity and reflection in an Australian mobile phone study: A methodological discussion

This paper is a discussion about methods and reflexivity in qualitative mobile communication research. The Australian research project on which this paper draws investigates how mobile phone use contributes to the meanings constructed through interpersonal relationships with others and how mobile ph...

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Main Author: Lloyd, Clare
Format: Journal Article
Published: University of Queensland 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31546
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description This paper is a discussion about methods and reflexivity in qualitative mobile communication research. The Australian research project on which this paper draws investigates how mobile phone use contributes to the meanings constructed through interpersonal relationships with others and how mobile phone use interacts with many other communication activities. The original methods chosen for the discursive analysis highlighted the reflexivity within the project. The main methods of data collection used were a research journal, semi-structured interviews, and the collation of cultural artifacts produced in communicative culture. During researcher data collection and analysis, the significance of the methods combined emerged as vital in the interpretation of interviews. This paper contextualises the combination of these particular methods to reveal how reflexivity may be enhanced in mobile communication research.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-315462017-01-30T13:26:05Z Reflexivity and reflection in an Australian mobile phone study: A methodological discussion Lloyd, Clare research journal mobile phone Mobile communication discourse research reflexivity This paper is a discussion about methods and reflexivity in qualitative mobile communication research. The Australian research project on which this paper draws investigates how mobile phone use contributes to the meanings constructed through interpersonal relationships with others and how mobile phone use interacts with many other communication activities. The original methods chosen for the discursive analysis highlighted the reflexivity within the project. The main methods of data collection used were a research journal, semi-structured interviews, and the collation of cultural artifacts produced in communicative culture. During researcher data collection and analysis, the significance of the methods combined emerged as vital in the interpretation of interviews. This paper contextualises the combination of these particular methods to reveal how reflexivity may be enhanced in mobile communication research. 2009 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31546 University of Queensland fulltext
spellingShingle research journal
mobile phone
Mobile communication
discourse
research reflexivity
Lloyd, Clare
Reflexivity and reflection in an Australian mobile phone study: A methodological discussion
title Reflexivity and reflection in an Australian mobile phone study: A methodological discussion
title_full Reflexivity and reflection in an Australian mobile phone study: A methodological discussion
title_fullStr Reflexivity and reflection in an Australian mobile phone study: A methodological discussion
title_full_unstemmed Reflexivity and reflection in an Australian mobile phone study: A methodological discussion
title_short Reflexivity and reflection in an Australian mobile phone study: A methodological discussion
title_sort reflexivity and reflection in an australian mobile phone study: a methodological discussion
topic research journal
mobile phone
Mobile communication
discourse
research reflexivity
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31546