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Missed out? Here’s the twitter feed from #NSMNSS chat on how to pick a social media platform in research See below for the twitter feed from our first tweetchat of 2015 (Tues 3rd Feb) all about how to pick a social media platform in research.   Scroll to the bottom and work your way up to follow the conversation in the order it occurred.    A summary of the 7 questions posed to those taking part is included below: Q1: What is a social media platform? #NSMNSS Q2: Which social media platforms are you using, or would like to use, in research? #NSMNSS Q3: Which platforms are you using to get data? #NSMNSS Q4: Do certain platforms lend themselves more to quantitative or qualitative approaches? 'Big data', 'small data'? #NSMNSS Q5: (from @jess1ecat) What difference is there in researching public data like Twitter stream cf. to group wikis & forums? #NSMNSS Q6: How do you handle data protection & ethical issues on different platforms? #NSMNSS Q7 How do we attend t...

Kathleen McNiff is a blogger with QSR International, the people that brought you NVivo. Get in touch with Kath on Twitter @ KMcNiff . Imagine you’re sitting on a qualitative goldmine—in-depth interviews, focus groups, intriguing survey results, nuanced observations and a comprehensive lit review.  All the traditional boxes are ticked and yet there’s the nagging feeling that something is missing.  Chances are, it’s social media—and that’s probably why you’re here.   The Challenges There are so many impassioned and revealing conversations taking place online that it’s becoming harder (and more dangerous) to ignore them.  But embracing social media is not straightforward and you may be grappling with questions such as:   How do I build social media into my research design? What platforms are worth concentrating on? How should I collect the data? What tools and methods should I use to analyse it? NVivo gives you a practical way to face these challenges.   NCa...