Undertaking qualitative health research in social virtual worlds

Evelyn McElhinney; Francine M Cheater; Lisa Kidd

doi:10.1111/jan.12281

Undertaking qualitative health research in social virtual worlds

Evelyn McElhinney, Francine M Cheater, Lisa Kidd

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Abstract

This paper discusses the methodological challenges of using the 3D social virtual world Second Life for research and offers some solutions on a range of research issues including research ethics committee approval, gaining consent, recruitment of sample, data collection and engagement with 'in - world culture'.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1267-1275
Journal	Journal of Advanced Nursing
Volume	70
Issue number	6
Early online date	25 Oct 2013
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12281
Publication status	Published - Jun 2014

Keywords

qualitative health research
research methods
second life
technology
virtual world research

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