1. Participant Recruitment through Social Media: Lessons Learned from a Qualitative Radicalization Study Using Facebook
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Sikkens, E.M., van San, M.R.P.J.R.S., Sieckelinck, S.M.A., Boeije, H.R., de Winter, M., Leerstoel Winter, and Education and Learning: Cognitive and Motor Disabilities
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Research design ,Radicalization ,Cyberpsychology ,media_common.quotation_subject ,social media ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,02 engineering and technology ,qualitative analysis ,Social media ,Sociology ,media_common ,021110 strategic, defence & security studies ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,050301 education ,Islam ,Public relations ,recruitment ,Anthropology ,Terrorism ,radicalization ,Ideology ,business ,0503 education ,Social psychology ,Qualitative research - Abstract
Social media are useful facilitators when recruiting hidden populations for research. In our research on youth and radicalization, we were able to find and contact young people with extreme ideals through Facebook. In this article, we discuss our experiences using Facebook as a tool for finding respondents who do not trust researchers. Facebook helped us recruit youths with extreme Islamic and extreme left-wing ideals. We conclude by discussing the benefits and limitations of using Facebook when searching for and approaching populations who are difficult to reach.
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- 2017