AMANDA HYNAN FINAL THESIS PDF

other categories and have given it the position of core category; however the
remaining eight categories are not hierarchically ordered within the list. At the end of
the chapter, I will describe how I used the methods outlined in the last chapter to
interpret and understand how the categories relate to each other and reveal a
substantive grounded theory of internet and online social media use by young people
who use AAC.
Before discussing the categories in detail two tables have been inserted (Table 6 & 7),
table 6 gives an overview of the categories to show how they are understood and
supported within the raw data and table 7 illustrates the component elements of the
categories.
Table 6: Identified categories and supporting raw data extracts
Identified categories
Desire to use the internet and online
social media
Unanimous agreement across all the
participants of their desire to use the
internet and online social media.
Reported use of the internet and
online social media
A range of internet based activities and
types of online social media sites are
used that are typical of young people
Describing support
Participants describe how they have
been helped to set up and use the
internet and online social media by staff
within educational settings (including
using specialist teaching tools such as
InBook), family (especially siblings)
Participant quotes
Feelings about being online
“with Facebook I want to use more”
“now I’m starting to use it more, very
excited”
If online access was unavailable
“I would be very upset … I’d be lost
without it”.
“I use the internet to look at websites
like doctor who, watch programmes
on BBC iPlayer, and for shopping on
Amazon”
“At home I like to use the computer to
go on Skype with my granddad"
“It’s easier for college work”
Amanda: “And do you use anything
other than Skype, Facebook, email and
texting?
Nancy: “MSN”
Amanda: “So have you got control of
being able to type things into YouTube
so you can find any topic”
Erica:‘yes’ (nodding head)
Jack: “InBook”
Amanda: do you use it at home
Jack: ‘no’ (shakes head)
Amanda: no so do you use it at college
Jack: ‘yes’ (nods head)
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