The Weekly Qualitative Report Volume 5 Number 6

	The Weekly Qualitative Report Volume 5, Number 6 - February 6, 2012 http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/WQR/wqr5_6.html
Ronald J. Chenail Editor-in-Chief Laura Patron, Managing Editor \| Adam Rosenthal, TQR Community Coordinator ISSN 1945-2853

Qualitative Research News and Notes
Why (and How) the Growth of Social Media Has Created Opportunities for Qualitative Research in Organizational Development	Download New Full-Text Monograph: Evaluating Meta-Ethnography: Systematic Analysis and Synthesis of Qualitative Research
Research Paradigm: Does It Matter?	Using Social Media to Collect Data and Improve Trustworthiness
Qualitatively Speaking: Going Social with Qualitative Research	Why Pinterest Should Be on Your Research Radar Now
Surveillance Video Becomes a Tool for Studying Customers	Anthropology, Ethnography and Insights
Scholars Seek Better Ways to Track Impact Online	Qual360 Conference Publishes Materials Online
Left Coast Press Publishes First Issue of Qualitative Communication Research	Sixteen Types of Purposeful Sampling for Qualitative Research
QualBoard Mobile…Born-On Date: February 1, 2012	Qualitative Researchers: Too Focused on Fads but Not Needs?
Why Mobile Qualitative Research is Growing Strong	Doing Nightlife Fieldwork

TQR Book Review		Resource of the Week
	Biography as Pedagogy: A Review of Hemingway'’s Boat: Everything He Loved and Lost, 1934-1961 Daryl Ward The University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA		The Big Sofa A cutting edge digital platform bringing consumer conversation directly to the desktops of business leaders and key decision makers.

New Calls for Conferences and Journals, Training Opportunities, and Funding
The Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences: Volume 4, Number 2 - Call for Papers (Deadline: February 10, 2012)	Media International Australia Special Issue: "Rethinking Ethnography: Implications of the Digital for Contemporary Ethnographic Practice" - Call for Papers (Deadline: February 15, 2012)
The Rachel Tanur Prize for Visual Sociology - Call for Applications (Deadline: April 20, 2012)	Networks: An On-line Journal for Teacher Research Special Edition: "Pre-Service Teacher Action Research" - Call for Manuscripts (Deadline: May 21, 2012)
Imaginative Inquiry: Innovative Approaches to Interdisciplinary Research - Call for Chapters (Deadline: May 31, 2012)	Previously Announced Open Calls and Conferences

New and Notable Open Access Qualitative Research Articles
	Borg, M., Karlsson, B., Lofthus, & A.-M., & Davidson, L (2011). ''Hitting the wall'': Lived experiences of mental health crises. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 6(4), 7197. Full Text	Malterud, K., & Ulriksen, K. (2012). Obesity, stigma, and responsibility in health care: A synthesis of qualitative studies. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 6(4), 8404. Full Text
	Sutton, J. (2011). An ethnographic account of doing survey research in prison: Descriptions, reflections, and suggestions from the field. Qualitative Sociology Review, 7(2), 45-63. Full Text	Mortelmans, D., & Verheyen, W. (2011). A dyadic view on the post-separation network of single mothers. Qualitative Sociology Review, 7(3), 72-96. Full Text

Qualitative Research Employment Opportunities
Assistant Director for Educational Outreach and Research (Baylor University)	Assistant Professor of Qualitative Educational Research (University of Memphis)
Director of Institutional Research (Fashion Institute of Technology)	Director, Market Research & Customer Satisfaction (Cablevision Systems)
Director, Qualitative Research (B2B/Technology Sector) (TNS)	Director, Research (Warner Bros. Entertainment)
Field Research Analyst (YUM! Brands)	Institutional Research Analyst (University of Puget Sound)
Qualitative Market Researcher (Robert Half Finance)	Qualitative Research Director (Cincinnati, OH)
Research Associate (Lenoir-Rhyne University)	Research and Evaluation Director (Center For Collaborative Education)
Research Fellow - The Education Alliance (Education Alliance)	User Experience Researcher (Return Path)

Online Graduate QR Certificate	TQR Fourth Annual Conference
Summer 2012 admission for the Graduate Certificate in Qualitative Research, a six course, 18 credit hour online program that prepares its graduates to understand and conduct qualitative research, is now open.	"Qualitative Research and Technology" is the theme for TQR2013! Please visit the new conference web site for more details.

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