Janet Salmons, PhD
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Free-Range Scholar and Creative 2024 Research Fellow, Center for Advanced Internet Studies Watercolor and art journaling enthusiast Boulder, Colorado Subscribe to “When the Field is Online” monthly newsletter http://tinyurl.com/qualnews
Research ethics starts with the integrity of the researcher. See: * How can we exemplify ethical online research? tinyurl.com/a2wkvjef * Being a Credible Scholar Means Being Honest tinyurl.com/mr35nzex Subscribe on Substack for newsletters and chat.
How can we exemplify ethical online research?
Start with a holistic, networked view.
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I've been preparing for this webinar, thinking about what the changing internet means for digital ethnographers who want to understand the richness and complexities of human stories. Tomorrow! Register here: tinyurl.com/5n7at4mx Find your time zone here: tinyurl.com/3cckkb4r
Researcher or journalist? How do you choose the tools you use to communicate human-human interviewees? Think strategically about your options. This post is part of an ongoing series - subscribe to When the Field is Online (and check out the open-access archives.) substack.com/home/post/p-...
Evaluate communications technologies to use in qualitative research
Select digital tools to collect data from and with human participants
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Designing qualitative research, that is, studies of the human experience, involves numerous decisions. In this newsletter I offer an overview of some of the options for choosing a methodology to frame the study with open-access resources where you can learn more. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Choosing Methodologies in Qualitative Research
What philosophies and approaches will frame your online study?
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How do we understand the problems and questions we want to study? What about learning from those who know the problem first-hand? Who has seen or experienced it? tinyurl.com/ymmp4keb
Ask those experiencing the research problem before designing a study
Learn from action researchers
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Qualitative researchers are architects of their studies, creating blueprints to follow and share with collaborative partners, supervisors, and participants. Read and subscribe to When the Field is Online! tinyurl.com/4u22yytx
Create a blueprint for your qualitative study
You are the architect for your research.
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Getting started with a year-long focus on human-centered #qualitative research in a connected world. We’ll explore methods based on mutual respect and ethical practices. See overview of January’s newsletters, with links to open-access posts in case you missed anything. tinyurl.com/4ttfuzk6
Human researchers studying the human experience in a connected world.
Talking through key points from January 2026 newsletters
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So many people in research and higher education are experiencing involuntary transitions. In the previous Reimagine Research newsletter I advocated joining professional organizations. In this newsletter: "Starting over means finding ways to fit in. When in doubt, be nice." tinyurl.com/56dk8zet
Starting over means finding ways to fit in
When in doubt, be nice.
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It is amazing just how relevant King’s work is for our time! Find a link to a complete archive and a challenge: can you spend 15 minutes today and read or listen to a letter or speech you didn’t know about? And share what you read with a link? tinyurl.com/hax3s6mx
Still dreaming in 2026
Read and learn from Dr. Martin Luther King's writings.
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A new issue of the When the Field is Online newsletter is now online. This year we're walking through a holistic, creative, human-centered #qualitative #research design process. Free newsletter tinyurl.com/yebfrz3t
We walked through phases of the #qualitative research process in 2025, starting with the important questions: what should we study? Whose perspectives should be included? We built on those ideas by focusing on respectful human-centered research. All OA newsletters: tinyurl.com/4p7vv7je
Interested in #qualitative research design, with a holistic framework and a focus on human-centered research in a digital world? Join me for a read-and-discuss series on Substack. Click for details and book discount code. tinyurl.com/mpzajyt5
Scholarly Communication with Comics. Yet another way to be creative with your research project! Learn more and find open-access resources in this newsletter. tinyurl.com/5n8wu43v
Comics Communicate Research
An Academic Writing Month Postscript
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I mapped out a 2026 plan! Each month’s topics are drawn from my book, Doing Qualitative Research Online, with updated materials I’m developing for a new guide I’ll publish on Pressbooks. I’ll also offer practical workshops each quarter. I hope you’ll join me! tinyurl.com/4a9xrt6a
Read and Discuss "Doing Qualitative Research Online" in 2026
Learn and explore issues for social researchers in this connected age
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The #AcWriMo focus was on academic writing. But we share news about research in other ways too! How about interactive documentary videos? Storytelling and social fiction? Learn more, find examples in this new post on my Substack newsletter, When the Field is Online! tinyurl.com/yc4pbyyj
Managing the efforts involved with completing significant writing projects. Writing effective applications for academic positions. Writing informally on scholarly blogs. We’ll connect the dots in a webinar on December 2. Your time zone: tinyurl.com/47kwp6y8 Register now: tinyurl.com/uvmskvyt
Make Your Mark As a Scholar free webinar! How do you find your place as a scholar in a messy world and difficult hiring environment? Join Eleanor Pritchard and me for an #Acwrimo25 wrap-up. December 2, find your time zone here: tinyurl.com/47kwp6y8 Free,register now: tinyurl.com/uvmskvyt
Last year for #AcWriMo I focused on originality and ways to develop our own scholarly voice. These topics are still relevant, so I am repostingg the 4-newsletter series. They're open access so share with your colleagues and students! tinyurl.com/bderzyy5
Originality and Academic Writing Month 2024
The AcWriMo 2024 focus was on originality. Discover your unique scholarly voice and make a contribution to your field of study.
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This #AcWriMo my (free) Substack newsletter series is focused on using informal writing to complement scholarly publications/presentations and build community. This post discusses scholar-to-scholar blogs (including videos, graphics, and other creative expressions.) tinyurl.com/5n8hpb8f
Blogging to Reach a Scholarly Audience
Scholar-to-scholar blogs as virtual third space
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"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world: 'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..." chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S.
“Many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says.
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Yes, it is #acwrimo25! I'm focusing on finding your place as a scholar. Learn about writing and sharing scholar-to-scholar, scholar-to-professional, and/or scholar-to-public. janetsalmons.substack.com/p/november-i...
November is Academic Writing Month
AcWriMo is a time to rethink your publication strategy and find your place as a scholar.
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This Academic Writing Month #acwrimo, let’s think strategically about where we fit and how we disseminate our work. What have we learned from our research that could make a difference in the world? How can we move forward with our careers while making a positive impact? tinyurl.com/73kvv7m2
November is Academic Writing Month
AcWriMo is a time to rethink your publication strategy and find your place as a scholar.
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Diaries and letters offer rich source materials. Molly Beer read letters from Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton to learn about the life of Angelica Schuyler Church, one of the women behind the American Revolution. Listen to Beer discuss analog-digital research: tinyurl.com/pejbddx8
More on Diaries and Narratives! Unsolicited diaries and letters - narratives created without prompts from a researcher - offer a window into others' lived experiences. See this open-access newsletter, part of a series: janetsalmons.substack.com/p/diaries-an...
Diaries and Narratives
Unsolicited diaries offer a window into others' lived experiences
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Bartz v. Anthropic Copyright Case The Claims Process for Textbook & Academic Authors is Unique. Review Guidance from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association Before Filing Claims. See detailed information here: tinyurl.com/mwr4usr4
Anthropic Settlement
TAA Position Statements
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Diary methods, that is, a research approach that involves sending/sharing questions for participants' responses over a defined period of time, are the focus for October. The new post: Diary Methods: Why and How? is online (tinyurl.com/msa9pha8). Subscribe: tinyurl.com/qualnews
Diary Methods: Why and How?
How do solicited diaries fit with the research purpose?
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Biographical methods allow us to study the lived - and living - experience of individuals in context. Part of a series about humans using qualitative methods to study humans. Free newsletter and open archives here: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Narrated Lives
Using biographical methods in qualitative research
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Biographical methods allow us to study the lived - and living - experience of individuals in context. Part of a series about humans using qualitative methods to study humans. Free newsletter and open archives here: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Narrated Lives
Using biographical methods in qualitative research
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