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Hi there,
I am a Ph.D student at the Institute of Education in London. I am also a parent to young children myself and have worked for several years in parent and family support services. I am posting up here to share some information about my research on online parenting forums and ask if anybody wants to take part.
Why am I interested in speaking to parents on parenting websites?
In my research I am studying how online social and information networks are used and experienced by mothers and fathers in their everyday lives of parenting their children. I would therefore be grateful to hear about your particular experiences of being a parent in relation to your use (or not) of online sites.
Having previously studied face-to-face support for parents for my masters degree, I am examining how online forms of support compare.
What am I asking you to do?
The project is planned in three phases because an important part of my research is comparing the different methods by which the use of online sites can be studied – in this case, observing posts online, email interviews and face-to-face interviews:
1. Observation of engagement with the forum as a participant myself.
2. At some point I would like to ask you if I may conduct an interview with you using email.
3. If you are willing I would also, at a later point, like to conduct a face-to-face interview with you.
There is no obligation to take part in any of these if you do not want to.
What happens to the information you provide?
In my research your name will be changed and your forum posts anonymised, so that you cannot be identified.
I will send you a summary of the results at the end of my research.
If you are interested in taking part or you would like any further information please send me an email at j.winter@ioe.ac.uk, send a message to me here on DadTalk - username JoeWinter, or reply on this thread if you wish.
Many thanks for taking the time to read this.
I hope to hear from you soon.
Joe Winter
Hi Joe,
hope you dont mind me asking, has this study been approved by your institution - ethics etc and does this allow you to post on sites to recruit.
I only ask because I have had 66 posts and wanted to raise it to 67 as I was super-stitous. Happy to participate.
BW
Boyce
Hello Boyce,
It is approved by my institution. My study is being funded by the National Centre for Research Methods which is part of the Economic and Social Research Council. I have submitted to and been given ethical approval through my institutions ethics board also. Apologies I did not state this in the initial information - please let me know if you would like to email you documentation to evidence.
That is great news you would like to take part! If you can email me at j.winter@ioe.ac.uk or send me a private message here on DAD.talk then we can begin at a time convenient to you.
Many thanks, I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Congratulations on reaching it to 67 posts!
Joe
Hi Joe,
I only ask because I have had 66 posts and wanted to raise it to 67 as I was super-stitous.
That made me chuckle 😀
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