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more strongly some of the technical limitations the participants alluded to, I felt
uncomfortable in case I appeared to be criticising the setting. The main times this
happened were when participants said they wanted cameras on their communication
devices so they could use Skype or Facetime. This is tricky because most digital
devices nowadays have inbuilt cameras (phones, laptops, desktops, iPads). The
participants really seemed keen to have this. I knew it is an issue for residential
settings and educational colleges in terms of personal care and also as pointed out by
the Head of technology about consent. So I felt it was difficult to pursue this with
participants in establishing how much they might want it, why they wanted it etc.
without it becoming potentially pressurising for the setting who may be seen as not
providing it. Also one college setting said they were working towards trying to put
cameras in devices which seemed at odds with what I was told by other colleges.
4.13. Generating the grounded theory of internet and social media
use by young people who use AAC
The section explains the process by which the following proposed grounded theory of
internet and online social media use by young people who use AAC was generated.
This follows the process described in the methodology chapter (section 3.6.3.8.) to
answer specific questions around the core category. This was identified as the desire
to use the internet and online social media. As explained earlier, theoretical thinking
has developed using a hybrid approach; firstly by following the guidance outlined by
Charmaz (2006) to seek to construct a story which explains the data. Secondly,
utilising suggestions for the axial coding of Corbin and Strauss as outlined in the
lecture material delivered by Graham Gibbs (Gibbs, 2010). The proposed grounded
theory of internet and online social media use by young people who use AAC as a
schematic representation of the information is presented below (Figure D).
4.13.1. Nature of the theory
To answer my research questions I am posing the following grounded theory about
the use of the internet and online social media by the participants. It is grounded in
and constructed around my interpretation of the data and is an interpretative theory. It
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