[Air-L] Online interviews with participants in China

Sun Feb 5 21:43:49 PST 2023

Hi Cristina.

Another option for the student to consider, aside from video interviewing, is telephone interviewing.
A recent paper on telephone interviewing is here: https://dpa.bellschool.anu.edu.au/experts-publications/publications/8295/ib-202207-qualitative-interviewing-during-covid-19-pandemic
A second paper in this two-part series may also be of interest. It is here: https://dpa.bellschool.anu.edu.au/experts-publications/publications/8296/ib-202208-qualitative-interviewing-during-covid-19-pandemic

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Thank you to all the colleagues who have answered my question. I am pleased
to learn that Zoom is still in Operation.  This is reassuring.

best wishes, Cristina

On Sat, Feb 4, 2023 at 2:26 AM Annette Markham <amarkham at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Cristina,
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> This is not a direct answer to your question, but just a note about
> methodology: The PhD researcher might consider whether it is necessary to
> do video -based interviews. I mention this since there’s a strong history
> of text-based interviewing, and capturing video may not be as critical as
> is often presumed, in terms of building connections, facilitating
> meaningful interactions and conversations, and eliciting/collecting useful
> information from participants. Considering what the hoped-for outcome of
> the interaction is as well as how it will (or could be) analyzed, there
> might be alternatives that are just as meaningful but less tricky, in terms
> of technical access and data protection.
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> FWIW, and all best,
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> Dear fellow researchers, I hope this email finds you well.
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> I am emailing you because I am working with a PhD researcher who is
> preparing to conduct her field work. She is aiming to conduct BNIM
> interviews with participants' in China, but was hoping to do them online.
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> Apparently, Zoom is no longer accessible in China without VPN. Do you know
> of any video/audio call software that works in China and is GDPR compliant?
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