SAGE Internet Research Methods

VOLUME ONE: CORE ISSUES, DEBATES AND CONTROVERSIES IN INTERNET RESEARCH Life in Virtual Worlds - T.L. Taylor Plural Existence, Multimodalities and Other Online Research Challenges Internet as Culture and Cultural Artefact - Christine Hine Power Issues in Internet Research - Chris Mann and Fiona Stewart In the Flesh or Online? Exploring Qualitative Research Methodologies - Wendy Seymour Authenticity and Identity in Internet Contexts - Christine Hine Online Inquiry of Public Selves - Kendal Broad and Kristin Joos Methodological Considerations Epistemological Dimensions in Qualitative Research - Nalita James and Hugh Busher The Construction of Knowledge Online Research Design and Tools for Internet Research - Claire Hewson and Dianna Laurent How the Internet Is Changing the Implementation of Traditional Research Methods, People's Daily Lives and the Way in Which Developmental Scientists Conduct Research - Jaap Denissen, Linus Neumann and Maarten van Zalk Ethical Dilemmas in Research on Internet Communities - Sarah Flicker, Dave Haans and Harvey Skinner Encountering Distressing Information in Online Research - Susannah Stern A Consideration of Legal and Ethical Responsibilities Developing a Geographers' Agenda for Online Research Ethics - Clare Madge The Ethics of Internet Research - Rebecca Enyon, Jenny Fry and Ralph Schroeder Ethics in Online Research - Kate Orton-Johnson Evaluating the ESRC Framework for Research Ethics Categorization of Risk Understanding and Managing Legal Issues in Internet Research - Andrew Charlesworth Some Additional Challenges for Online Researchers - Ted Gaiser and Anthony Schreiner The Displacement of Time and Space in Online Research - Nalita James and Hugh Busher The Question Concerning (Internet) Time - Susa Leong et al The Cultural Dimensions of Online Communication - Shani Orgad A Study of Breast Cancer Patients' Internet Spaces Gradations in Digital Inclusion - Sonia Livingstone and Ellen Helsper Children, Young People and the Digital Divide VOLUME TWO: TAKING RESEARCH ONLINE: INTERNET SURVEYS AND SAMPLING Advantages and Disadvantages of Internet Research Surveys - Ronald Fricker and Matthias Schonlau Evidence from the Literature Overview - Vasja Vehovar and Katja Lozar Manfreda Online Surveys Internet Survey Design - Samuel Best and Brian Krueger Writing Survey Questions - Valerie Sue and Lois Ritter Designing and Developing the Survey Instrument - Valerie Sue and Lois Ritter Web Survey Design - Kevin Shropshire, James Hawdon and James White Balancing Measurement, Response and Topical Interest Design of Web Questionnaires - Vera Toepoel et al An Information-Processing Perspective for the Effect of Response Categories Design of Web Questionnaires - Vera Toepoel, Marcel Das and Arthur van Soest The Effects of the Number of Items per Screen Using Questionnaire Design to Fight Non-Response Bias in Web Surveys - Paula Vicente and Elizabeth Reis Sensitive Questions in Online Surveys - Elisabeth Coutts and Ben Jann Experimental Results for Randomized Response Technique (RRT) and the Unmatched Count Technique (UCT) Designing Scalar Questions for Web Surveys - Leah Melani Christian, Nicholas Parsons and Don Dilman Sampling Methods for Web and E-Mail Surveys - Ronald Fricker Representativeness in Online Surveys through Stratified Samples - Joerg Blasius and Maurice Brandt Selection Bias in Web Surveys and the Use of Propensity Scores - Matthias Schonlau et al 'Web-Based Network Sampling' Efficiency and Efficacy of Respondent-Driven Sampling for Online Research - Cyprian Wejnert and Douglas Heckathorn Name-Based Cluster Sampling - Douglas Ferguson How to Increase Response Rates in List-Based Web Survey Samples - Florian Keusch Comparing Response Rates from Web and Mail Surveys - Tse-Hua Shih and Xitao Fan A Meta-Analysis The Mode Effect in Mixed-Mode Surveys - Beng Boerkan Mail and Web Surveys Web and Mail Surveys - Weiwei Lin and Gregg van Ryzin An Experimental Comparison of Methods for Non-Profit Research VOLUME THREE: TAKING RESEARCH ONLINE: QUALITATIVE APPROACHES The Virtual Objects of Ethnography - Christine Hine Engaging with Research Participants Online - Nalita James and Hugh Busher Method, Methodology and New Media - Alison Powell Digital Ethnography - Dhiraj Murthy An Examination of the Use of New Technologies for Social Research Ethnographic Approaches to the Internet and Computer-Mediated Communication - Angela Cora Garcia et al The Method of Netnography - Robert Kozinets Internet-Based Interviewing - Henrietta O'Connor et al Credibility, Authenticity and Voice - Nalita James and Hugh Busher Dilemmas in Online Interviewing Benefits of Participating in Internet Interviews - Cheryl Tatano Beck Women Helping Women Evaluating Internet Interviews with Gay Men - Russel Ayling and Avril Mewse Researching Shyness - Susie Scott A Contradiction in Terms? Conducting Intensive Interviews Using E-Mail - Judith McCoyd and Toba Schwaber Kerson A Serendipitous Comparative Opportunity Using E-Mail for Data Collection - Ted Gaiser and Anthony Schreiner Virtual Fieldwork Using Access Grid - Nigel Fielding Researching Online Populations - Kate Stewart and Matthew Williams The Use of Online Focus Groups for Social Research Doing Synchronous Online Focus Groups with Young People - Fiona Fox, Marianne Morris and Nichola Rumsey Methodological Reflections Data Analysis - Robert Kozinets Analysis of Thin Online Interview Data - Richard Kitto and John Barnett Toward a Sequential Hierarchical Language-Based Approach Distributed Video Analysis in Social Research - Jon Hindmarsh Smartphones - Mika Raento, Antti Oulasvirta and Nathan Eagle An Emerging Tool for Social Scientists VOLUME FOUR: RESEARCH 'ON' AND 'IN' THE INTERNET: INVESTIGATING THE ONLINE WORLD The World of Web 2.0 - Ted Gaiser and Anthony Schreiner Blogs, Wikis and Websites Sociology and, of and in Web 2.0 - David Beer and Roger Burrows Some Initial Considerations New Avenues for Sociological Inquiry - Laura Robinson and Jeremy Schulz Evolving Forms of Ethnographic Practice Interview and Internet Forums - Clive Seale et al A Comparison of Two Sources of Qualitative Data 'Entering the Blogosphere' - Nicholas Hookway Some Strategies for Using Blogs in Social Research The Psychology of Blogging - Laura Gurak and Smiljana Antonijevic You, Me and Everyone in between Weblogs, Traditional Sources Online and Political Participation - Homero Gil De Zuniga, Eulalia Puig-I-Abril and Rojas An Assessment of How the Internet Is Changing the Political Environment Mapping the Norwegian Blogosphere - Hallvard Moe Methodological Challenges in Internationalizing Internet Research Mapping the Australian Networked Public Sphere - Axel Bruns et al Internet Political Discussions in the Arab World - Eisa Al Nashmi et al A Look at Online Forums from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan Online Petitions - Helen Briassoulis New Tools of Secondary Analysis? Ambient Affiliation - Michele Zappavinga The Linguistic Perspective on Twitter Mining the Internet for Linguistic and Social Data - Nelya Koteyko An Analysis of 'Carbon Compounds' in Web Feeds Sociology of Hyperlink Networks of Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Twitter - Chien-leng Hsu and Han Woo Park A Case Study of South Korea 'Piling on Layers of Understanding' - Vanessa Dirksen, Ard Huizing and Bas Smit The Use of Connective Ethnography for the Study of (Online) Work Practices Towards Ethnography of Television on the Internet - Christine Hine A Mobile Strategy for Exploring Mundane Interpretive Activities Backstage with the Knowledge Boys and Girls - Drew Ross Goffman and Distributed Agency in an Organic Online Community Emotional Reflexivity in Contemporary Friendships - Mary Homes Understanding It Using Elias and Facebook Etiquette The Online Support Group as a Community - Wyke Stommel and Tom Koole A Micro-Analysis of the Interaction with a New Member The Presentation of 'Pro-Anorexia' in Online Group Interactions - Jeff Gavin, Karen Rodham and Helen Poyer