
Social Media Information COVID-19 Qualitative Research Teaching Software

Thus, YouTube’s contribution to developing teaching and disseminating knowledge is observed, both because it constitutes itself as a source for research and because it fosters dialogues between researchers, especially in a pandemic context. The content is presented in a theoretical and practical way through the software interface presentation. The videos explain about Iramuteq installation, the textual corpus preparation, the errors identified by users and methods to correct them, the lexical analysis developed by the program and how to use it. As for content, five categories were identified.


Results:Ī total of 43 videos on the researched topic were identified, with the majority (69.76%) published from 2020–2021. This is an exploratory-descriptive study with a qualitative approach, carried out with YouTube videos, collected in June 2021 and subjected to thematic analysis. To identify the contents and characteristics of videos posted on YouTube that deal with Iramuteq software use as a tool to assist qualitative research and discuss the contribution of this social network to dissemination of knowledge, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Faculdade de Enfermagem, Departamento de Enfermagem Médico-Cirúrgica, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Faculdade de Enfermagem, Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-Infantil. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery, Departamento de Enfermagem em Saúde Materno-Infantil, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Faculdade de Enfermagem, Departamento de Enfermagem em Saúde Pública, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

Corresponding author: Samira Silva Santos Soares Rua Boulevard, 157, Vila Isabel 20551-030 – Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Carolina Cabral Pereira da Costa
