If I want to assess the potential threat of cyber terrorism to the aviation industry of a state (consider 5 aspects: knowledge, awareness, vulnerabilities, response and impact) and have the officials (from the aviation industry) and experts (security experts) as my participants in hopes of providing a literature to contribute to helpjng decision-makers, policy makers to make policies or countermeasures to the threat of cyberterrorism in the future
What methodology can I use under a qualitative study?
I know this is something I should know already but I really need the opinion of other scholars.
Steve Delos Reyes As your participants will be be the officilas of and security experts from Aviation Industry, I understand that you would collect their experiences and opinion on the cyber terrorism they have faced and the threat they assume to be potential in the Aviation sector. I think a Phenomenological Method of Qualitative Research will be appropriate taking Cyber Terrorism as a phenomenon.
You want to inform policy. The easiest is thematic analysis, but you can be very broad in your approach. Decide sample size, sampling method, data collection [probably semi-structured interviews and/or focus groups], computer for analysis, and analysis methods.
In addition to what David Coker suggests, you might consider dyadic interviews where you bring pairs of experts together to compare there experiences and perceptions. This can work especially well for online interviews.
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