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Qualitative social media research has flourished in the field of marketing, but navigating the scope of inherent ethical concerns can be challenging, given the dynamic and nuanced nature of social media itself. The purpose of this paper is to propose a feminist ethic of care framework for conducting qualitative social media research in marketing.

This paper adopts a conceptual approach, theoretically guided by a feminist ethic of care perspective. A feminist ethic of care encourages ethical principles that align with qualitative methods, including empathy, collaboration, flexibility, interconnectedness, contextuality and recognizing power dynamics.

The feminist ethic of care framework outlines three considerations for conducting qualitative social media research: care to the platform, care to the participant and care to the procedure. To develop practical strategies for navigating core concerns, the authors offer reflexive questions that marketing scholars can ask themselves, guided by Tronto’s (1993) ethic of care principles: attentiveness (how am I becoming aware of needs to enact care?), responsibility (how am I willing to take care of needs?), responsiveness (how am I adjusting care practices to meet changing needs?) and competence (how am I developing the skills and knowledge to provide effective care?).

As a companion guide, the authors provide “A Practical Worksheet for Applying a Feminist Ethic of Care in Qualitative Social Media Research,” designed to support researchers in ethical decision-making at various stages throughout the research lifecycle. Researchers can use this tangible resource to navigate the nuances of their own qualitative social media research projects at critical inflection points (e.g. starting a project, data immersion, drafting a manuscript and preparing a submission).

This paper argues that a feminist ethic of care provides a context-sensitive, axiological lens for conducting qualitative social media research – starting with the “why-to,” or ethical principles, before moving to the “how-to”, or practical strategies.

The objective is to ascertain and amalgamate the extant data about farmers' plans for climate change adaptation and mitigation. The chapter provides comprehensive insights to help farmers and policymakers make informed and relevant decisions.

We conducted five-step scoping review procedure with key databases: Scopus, ProQuest, Science Direct, Springer Link and PLOS ONE. The keywords including climate change AND Agriculture AND production AND rice AND farmer AND farming AND mitigation AND adaptation AND resilience AND Indonesia focusing on publications from 2013 to 2023. We employed PRISMA-Scr protocol and data were thematically extracted using NVivo 12 Plus tool.

The search yielded 878 records, of which 116 were screened in full text, and 37 were included in the review. Key findings indicate that adaptation strategies and management planning involving social capital and social networks are essential for anticipating and responding to climate change-induced disasters. The collaboration between farmers, farmer groups, government and NGOs is pivotal for climate change mitigation.

The research implications highlight the need for targeted policy interventions and capacity-building initiatives to enhance farmers' knowledge and skills in climate change adaptation, fostering collaboration among various stakeholders.

The originality and value of the paper lie in the comprehensive review of the adaptive measures and strategies employed by farmers in Indonesia to mitigate the impacts of climate change on agriculture. This contribution is significant as it not only addresses local challenges but also connects them to broader global discussions on food security and climate adaptation.

When eyewitnesses talk to each other after witnessing a crime, they can contaminate each other’s memory. However, laboratory research shows that collaborative interviewing can also result in correction of mistakes and retrieval of more new information. The aim of this study is to examine whether these laboratory findings would generalise to real police interviews in The Netherlands. Because little is known about which interviewing techniques Dutch police detectives use, the secondary aim was to examine how Dutch detectives approach individual and collaborative eyewitness interviews.

In a field study, witnesses of serious incidents (e.g. police shooting) were interviewed individually and then collaboratively by real investigators, resulting in 15 interviews of 1–2 h each from five witness pairs (5,534 details in total). Transcripts were coded for detail type, forensic relevance, verifiability, retrieval strategies and interviewing techniques. Results were described using both quantitative descriptive data and a qualitative analysis of interview excerpts.

On average, collaborative interviews resulted in 131 new details, over half of which were considered highly relevant to the police investigation. Interview excerpts demonstrated how content-focused retrieval strategies (acknowledgements, repetitions, restatements, elaborations) can elicit new and highly relevant details. Interviewers mostly asked clarifying questions and equal numbers of open, closed and yes/no questions, but rarely allowed for uninterrupted free recall. Interviewers asked a higher proportion of open questions during collaborative interviews than during individual interviews.

Limitations included the small sample size and lack of a control condition.

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this paper is the first to investigate the effectiveness and feasibility of the Collaborative Eyewitness Interview in real-world settings.