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their answers. Hill district ‘I’m not sure about trading’ Several Hill district participants say they do not understand much about trade. Jean’s only response to my question is to talk about whether there are foreign tomatoes in the shops. Misha (a non-voter but Remain supporter in her thirties), says ‘I don’t really know much about it’. Adam (a Remain voter in his thirties), says he knows nothing about trade even though in the rest of his interview he talks about how Brexit will damage the motor manufacturing sector’s prospects; he does not connect the two
This chapter will focus on ethics from a broad perspective, considering two main approaches. Firstly, the chapter will consider ethics from a communication and engagement standpoint, how to engage with participants ethically, incorporate informed consent procedures, consider any data that are collected, used and stored, give participants access to further information and follow any relevant ethical guidelines. Secondly, the chapter will explore wider questions regarding the ethics of communication and participation. Is communication about research just
through online cloud computing, video conferencing and real-time online collaboration. All of these factors facilitate new modes of participation. Performance art events provide a way of analysing the effect of such technologies on contemporary urban living without pre-empting their participatory outcome. They reveal multiple modes of participation that are influenced by the translation of the artistic narrative by the participant, but also by the emerging assemblage of expected and unexpected actants. These do not necessarily fit in with the digital introversion
Principles of Ethical Research Owen Price and Lauren Walker Chapter overview By definition, research seeks to explore something that is unknown. This uncertainty means there is always the possibility of harm arising from research. There are many examples in both near and distant history of serious harm to participants as a consequence of research, including permanent disability and death. This is why it is of great importance that research projects are informed by sound ethics, properly planned, approved by an independent ethical board and rigorously monitored
research is emotional and sensual, immigration is a subject that arouses strong feelings across social and political divides, bringing with it particular methodological and ethical challenges. It is what methodologists sometimes call a ‘sensitive topic’, meaning that it can feel threatening to both research participants and researchers. Among the challenges of researching sensitive topics, Julie Brannen ( 1988 ), drawing from the ideas of the sociologist
practices of society. Diversity when mentioned is not celebrated; it may be used as the stick to beat Muslims with, because of their perceived fear of pluralism and diversity. People consume news media in such a way as to be compatible with their own personal outlook. Yet there is no mention, by participants, of media sources encouraging them to act in a criminal or violent manner. Following Shibutani's approach, what we can detect in participant responses is that when participants find themselves in a state of ambiguity due to a lack of information
political. She talks fast, expressing an underlying anger that alternates with despair. The other Hill district participants I interview are sometimes less confident, but many of them share her perception of ‘the economy’ as rigged, where ‘the rich write the rules’ (Misha, in her thirties). In contrast, (high-income) Church district’s Michael talks about ‘the economy’ in more benign terms. I’m also very conscious that … the economy is very important. It matters a lot in our lives in all sorts of ways. Healthcare, social care and education and so on. And therefore I
a question. This chapter explores the religiously active believers on social media to understand and predict how they think about their faith and biblical epics. Prior research has shown that participants in online communities tend to be more enthusiastic and more invested on a given topic than non-participants (Duggan and Smith 2013 ). Furthermore, this chapter aims to assess whether certain religious groups are motivated to attend biblical epics than others. The chapter builds on the Theory of Planned Behaviour to predict attendance at biblical epic movies
This scene sets the stage for subsequent chapters. It includes two parts: first, it introduces the basic elements of the current British citizenisation process. Second, it details the fieldwork conducted for this study. The latter provides not only information about the type of material gathered and a general profile of participants, but the contextualisation of the fieldwork also adds more information to the citizenisation process itself, and the people and spaces that populate the waiting room of citizenship. British
Interlude 3 How it feels to be made a migrant: restrictions, frustration and longing This interlude is based on the discussions in which participants in Birmingham discussed how it felt to be made a migrant, and the constraints and frustrations they continually faced. Inspired by Frigaa Haug’s memory work, we took participants through a workshop process where we shared anonymised quotes, songs and video clips generated so far through the interview process with small groups of three to four people. We used this material to spark discussions about shared