Through the Zoom Window: How Children Use Virtual Technologies to Navigate Power Dynamics in Research
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| Title: | Through the Zoom Window: How Children Use Virtual Technologies to Navigate Power Dynamics in Research |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Hannah Fechtel, Sienna Ruiz, Julie Spray, Erika A. Waters, James Shepperd, Jean Hunleth (ORCID |
| Source: | International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 2024 27(5):575-588. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 14 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | National Institutes of Health (NIH) (DHHS) |
| Contract Number: | R01HL137680 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Children, Power Structure, Interpersonal Relationship, Privacy, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Ethics, Research, Interviews, Videoconferencing, Computer Mediated Communication |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13645579.2023.2231756 |
| ISSN: | 1364-5579 1464-5300 |
| Abstract: | Virtual technologies gained popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic for use in research, including research with children. As scholarship from the field of science, technology and society (STS) suggests, technologies are never neutral, but embedded with social values and, as such, used by people to navigate identities and relationships. Building on childhood studies research that has shown how children appropriate and use research tools, this article asks: How do child research participants use this virtual 'window' into their homes and their lives? Using observations from a virtual and in-person study in the United States, we show how children used virtual technologies to manage relationships, filter what researchers saw of their lives, and navigate issues of privacy and self-disclosure. We conclude that analysing children's interactions with research technologies offers important indicators to guide researchers attending to ethical issues of power for both in-person and virtual research with children. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1436812 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | Virtual technologies gained popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic for use in research, including research with children. As scholarship from the field of science, technology and society (STS) suggests, technologies are never neutral, but embedded with social values and, as such, used by people to navigate identities and relationships. Building on childhood studies research that has shown how children appropriate and use research tools, this article asks: How do child research participants use this virtual 'window' into their homes and their lives? Using observations from a virtual and in-person study in the United States, we show how children used virtual technologies to manage relationships, filter what researchers saw of their lives, and navigate issues of privacy and self-disclosure. We conclude that analysing children's interactions with research technologies offers important indicators to guide researchers attending to ethical issues of power for both in-person and virtual research with children. |
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| ISSN: | 1364-5579 1464-5300 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13645579.2023.2231756 |
