3 Qualitative analysis in online research Protecting against researcher vulnerabilities
Olivia Brown, Julie Gore, and Adam Joinson
Research vulnerabilities in online research
Renewed attention has been paid to the importance of considering researcher vulnerabilities in qualitative research (Howard & Hammond, 2019; Bashir, 2020). Vulnerabilities refer to the possibility of experiencing risk or distress during the process of the research and have also been used to refer to feelings of burnout, fatigue, or vicarious trauma (Behar, 1996; Hendron, Irving, & Taylor, 2012). Experiencing vulnerabilities has traditionally been associated with sensitive research – research which poses a potential threat to those who are ...
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