Methods in Practice: Studying Children and Youth Online
University of Tampere (2022), 59 pp.
CC BY
"This publication is about actual cases of making the research on digital cultures of children and young which can be of help in the methodological sense. Hopefully, the cases as reflective narratives of already implemented studies, can help the reader to avoid pitfalls on the way of studying children and youth online. The production of this publication started in 2021 with an open call for papers, followed by a referendum process and a few rounds of edits by authors. Finally, it was published in June 2022 in the form of short articles with authors' video abstracts online. Articles are meant to deepen the 'Methods Toolkit' together with 'Ethical Compass'. First, authors introduce the actual case and context, second, they describe the main methodological practices used as mixed methods in the case and as third, authors map up the lessons learned as conclusion with selected references." (Introduction, page 6)
1 Introduction: Research interest and methodological approach / Sirkku Kotilainen, 5
2 Researching adolescents' digital technology usage with a smartphone-based ecological momentary assessment (EMA) / Michaela Lebedikova, Michal Tkaczyk, Jana Blahosova, Steriani Elavsky and David Smahel, 8
3 A multimethod approach to assessing children's 21st century digital skills / Laure Lu Chen and Nirmala Rao, 12
4 Hard-to-guess but easy-to-remember: understanding children's password security issues / Lamprini Chartofylaka, Pinelopi Troullinou and Antoine Delcroix, 16
5 Child-centered qualitative interview / Maarit Jaakkola, 20
6 Qualitative analysis of social media trace data concerning online peer support for adolescent sexting / Heidi Hartikainen, Afsaneh Razi and Pamela Wisniewski, 24
7 Children's voices in research: Q methodology as a facilitator of children's participation / Marit Sukk, 28
8 Visual creative research methods and young people's perceptions of online risks / Maria Murumaa-Mengel, 32
9 Creating a shared understanding with children of the process in long-term digital technology design projects / Leena Ventä-Olkkonen, Heidi Hartikainen, Marianne Kinnula and Netta Iivari, 37
10 In their voices: Foregrounding young people's social media practices and experiences / Devina Sarwatay, 41
11 Consulting children during COVID-19: managing research ethics on Zoom / Kruakae Pothong and Sonia Livingstone, 45
12 Researcher-imposed context collapse in digital ethnographic research / Christian Ilbury, 49
13 Conducting school-based online survey during the COVID-19 pandemic: Fieldwork practices and ethical dilemmas / Veronika Kalmus, Signe Opermann and Mari-Liis Tikerperi, 53
14 Final words on evaluation and ethics / Sirkku Kotilainen and Niamh Ní Bhroin, 57
2 Researching adolescents' digital technology usage with a smartphone-based ecological momentary assessment (EMA) / Michaela Lebedikova, Michal Tkaczyk, Jana Blahosova, Steriani Elavsky and David Smahel, 8
3 A multimethod approach to assessing children's 21st century digital skills / Laure Lu Chen and Nirmala Rao, 12
4 Hard-to-guess but easy-to-remember: understanding children's password security issues / Lamprini Chartofylaka, Pinelopi Troullinou and Antoine Delcroix, 16
5 Child-centered qualitative interview / Maarit Jaakkola, 20
6 Qualitative analysis of social media trace data concerning online peer support for adolescent sexting / Heidi Hartikainen, Afsaneh Razi and Pamela Wisniewski, 24
7 Children's voices in research: Q methodology as a facilitator of children's participation / Marit Sukk, 28
8 Visual creative research methods and young people's perceptions of online risks / Maria Murumaa-Mengel, 32
9 Creating a shared understanding with children of the process in long-term digital technology design projects / Leena Ventä-Olkkonen, Heidi Hartikainen, Marianne Kinnula and Netta Iivari, 37
10 In their voices: Foregrounding young people's social media practices and experiences / Devina Sarwatay, 41
11 Consulting children during COVID-19: managing research ethics on Zoom / Kruakae Pothong and Sonia Livingstone, 45
12 Researcher-imposed context collapse in digital ethnographic research / Christian Ilbury, 49
13 Conducting school-based online survey during the COVID-19 pandemic: Fieldwork practices and ethical dilemmas / Veronika Kalmus, Signe Opermann and Mari-Liis Tikerperi, 53
14 Final words on evaluation and ethics / Sirkku Kotilainen and Niamh Ní Bhroin, 57
