The PhD Chronicles: Creating a Media Kit for Data Collection
Estimated Reading Time: 12 minutes "Sounds like you created a media kit." My partner said as I explained all the strategies that I had used to reach out and spread the word to get participants in my study. I hadn't thought of it that way, but yes, that's pretty much what I did. I had meant to write this post much earlier (my data collection as in Fall of 2022) but here where are. I think it's still a useful approach for folks who are recruiting participants in the online spaces. For my study, it was tricky because I couldn't interview anyone I know and also, I was interviewing folks about their participation on academic pirate platforms. I had to find a way to connect with people I don't know about a thing that is illicit and hope they would be open to me recording our conversation. And I had to find a good amount of participants (ideally 20). I approached it in several stages. Gather I had some time while I waited for approval from my dis...