Other Titles
Using Facebook in research
Abstract
Snowballing is a recommended research method that has received a powerful up-date. Nurses are inveterate users of social media - FaceBook hosts thousands of nursing sites world-wide. This offers a powerful research method to achieve participation in research projects. Does it risk over-use and skewed participant profiles or an unparalleled opportunity?
Sigma Membership
Non-member
Lead Author Affiliation
Australian Catholic University, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Type
Presentation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Research Approach
N/A
Keywords:
Recruiting Participants, Snow-Balling Research Technique, Social Media
Recommended Citation
McGarry, Denise Elizabeth; Green, Janet Anne; and Fowler, Cathrine, "Snowballing via Facebook: A novel way to recruit millennial nursing student research participants" (2018). NERC (Nursing Education Research Conference). 80.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/nerc/2018/presentations_2018/80
Conference Name
Nursing Education Research Conference 2018
Conference Host
Sigma Theta Tau International,National League for Nursing
Conference Location
Washington, DC, USA
Conference Year
2018
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Review Type
Abstract Review Only: Reviewed by Event Host
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Snowballing via Facebook: A novel way to recruit millennial nursing student research participants
Washington, DC, USA
Snowballing is a recommended research method that has received a powerful up-date. Nurses are inveterate users of social media - FaceBook hosts thousands of nursing sites world-wide. This offers a powerful research method to achieve participation in research projects. Does it risk over-use and skewed participant profiles or an unparalleled opportunity?