Qualitative analysis of Camel Snus' website message board--users' product perceptions, insights and online interactions

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. e1-e1 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. A. Wackowski ◽  
M. J. Lewis ◽  
C. D. Delnevo
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Message Board ◽  
Online Interactions

Hunting in a Hostile Climate?: Hegemonic Masculinity and Emphasized Femininity on a Hunting Message Board

2021 ◽  
pp. 1097184X2110650
Author(s):  
Danielle J. Lindemann ◽  
Anna Doggett ◽  
Sharon Getsis
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Hegemonic Masculinity ◽  
Benevolent Sexism ◽  
Hostile Sexism ◽  
Sexual Objectification ◽  
Message Board ◽  
Recreational Activities ◽  
Masculinity And Femininity ◽  
Male Dominated ◽  
Game Hunting

Based on prior research about other male-dominated leisure pursuits, we might expect game hunting to present a hostile climate for its women participants. However, our qualitative analysis of 293 threads posted between 2005 and 2019 on an online hunting message board suggests that women were welcomed within the pastime. While they did not overtly exclude women from their ranks, however, posters curated the boundary between masculinity and femininity, as well as staking out the territory of emphasized femininity. In particular, they accomplished this via benevolent sexism, hostile sexism, and sexual objectification. Our findings not only shed additional light on the gendered dynamics of this pastime but also enriched our knowledge of the ways that hegemonic masculinity and emphasized femininity can work in tandem—within male-dominated recreational activities, and more broadly.

Male homosocial bonds and perceptions of human–robot relationships in an online sex doll forum

Sexualities ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 136346072093238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belinda Middleweek
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
White Male ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
Consumer Market ◽  
Online Interactions ◽  
Porous Interface ◽  
Robot Technology ◽  
Heterosexual Sex ◽  
Male Heterosexual ◽  
Scholarly Attention

Debates about human–machine relationships have intensified following the launch of the world’s first commercially available sex robot ‘Harmony’, a hyperrealistic sex doll with AI-capabilities. With the likely consumer market for these devices among white, male, heterosexual sex-doll owners, their views about sex robot technology and the niche online communities in which they discuss their doll relationships have received little scholarly attention. Through a qualitative analysis of the discursive practices of male users of a major sex doll forum, this study found complex and dynamic homosocial relations characterized men’s online interactions. In their discussion of a sex robot future, men negotiate competing structures of masculinity and sexuality and create a safe, online space for others to express their sexual desires and preferences. Using the concept of the ‘seam’ or join, the results reveal the way male users of sex dolls position themselves subjectively and are positioned by technology and the increasingly porous interface between human and machine.

Understanding social support: Qualitative analysis of message board interactions within a smartphone application

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susana C. Barradas ◽  
Katie Riley ◽  
Eric Hekler ◽  
Sandra Winter ◽  
Lauren Grieco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Smartphone Application ◽  
Message Board

Getting more than money through online crowdfunding

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Macht ◽  
Geoffrey Chapman
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Financial Capital ◽  
Message Board ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Message Boards ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose Many businesses invest significant resources to develop human, social and psychological capital, yet Crowdfunding (CF) activities have the potential to build all of these non-financial forms of capital at the same time as raising finance. The purpose of this paper is to explore the non-financial forms of capital that entrepreneurs and businesses using online CF activities can gain from their backers without having to ask for it. Design/methodology/approach The study used thematic, qualitative analysis to explore the comments and queries that crowdfunders posted on the publicly visible message board of individual CF projects on Kickstarter, one of the world’s leading crowdfunding platforms (CFPs). Findings Fund-seekers can gain more than money from crowdfunders: they can enhance their own human capital (e.g. knowledge of the viability of the project), social capital (e.g. the development of a bonding relationship) and psychological capital (e.g. self-efficacy and resilience) by effectively interpreting unsolicited comments and questions. Research limitations/implications This study is based on typed comments on CFP message boards, which limits insights into underlying reasons and motivations. However, the qualitative analysis of message board comments demonstrates how this type of data can be utilised to explore crucial aspects of CF that have to date been neglected. Practical implications Comments from many crowdfunders can provide useful information to fund-seeking entrepreneurs and businesses, although some of it may require interpretation. Originality/value The opportunity for fund-seekers to gain non-financial capital from crowdfunders, without having to ask for it, has not previously been explicitly considered in the field.

Using Mixed Methods to Understand the Positive Correlation between Fear of Cyberbullying and Online Interaction

2016 ◽  
pp. 150-159
Author(s):  
Szde Yu
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Statistical Correlation ◽  
Online Interaction ◽  
Mixed Method Approach ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Online Interactions ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Method Approach

This study examines the relationship between online interaction and fear of cyberbullying. A mixed method approach is adopted to explore not only the statistical correlation between them, but also the qualitative meaning behind this correlation. The quantitative analysis reveals a positive correlation between these two constructs, suggesting a higher level of fear of cyberbullying is associated with more frequent online interactions. Although seemingly fear of cyberbullying does not reduce online interaction, the qualitative analysis reveals how fear of cyberbullying might still impact online interaction.

Impoliteness online

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 329-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manfred Kienpointner
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Hate Speech ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Discussion Forums ◽  
Online Discourse ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Online Interactions ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Online Texts

Abstract This paper provides an overview of the strategies and techniques of hate speech in online discourse (on online discourse or computer-mediated communication in general cf. e.g., Schwarzhaupt-Scholz 2004; Schmidt 2013; Dittler and Hoyer 2014; Seargeant and Tagg 2014). Based on a collection of online texts belonging to different genres (discussion forums, blogs, social media, tweets, homepages), this paper will provide a qualitative analysis of destructively impolite utterances in online interactions. This analysis will make use of the standard typologies of impoliteness and their recent extensions (such as Culpeper 1996, 2005, 2011; Kienpointner 1997, 2008; Kleinke and Bös 2015), but some modifications and elaborations of these typologies will also be taken into account. Moreover, social, cultural and political reasons for the recent dramatic increase in hate speech in online interactions will be explored. Finally, the problem of how to deal with this destructive use of language will be briefly discussed and some possible solutions will be suggested (cf. Banks 2010).

The invisible reality of arthritis: A qualitative analysis of an online message board

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 181-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aimee Hadert ◽  
Karen Rodham
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Message Board ◽  
The Invisible

Using Mixed Methods to Understand the Positive Correlation between Fear of Cyberbullying and Online Interaction

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 29-36
Author(s):  
Szde Yu
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Statistical Correlation ◽  
Online Interaction ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Online Interactions ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Method Approach

This study examines the relationship between online interaction and fear of cyberbullying. A mixed method approach is adopted to explore not only the statistical correlation between them, but also the qualitative meaning behind this correlation. The quantitative analysis reveals a positive correlation between these two constructs, suggesting a higher level of fear of cyberbullying is associated with more frequent online interactions. Although seemingly fear of cyberbullying does not reduce online interaction, the qualitative analysis reveals how fear of cyberbullying might still impact online interaction.

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