SAGE Internet Research Methods

Jason Hughes is Professor of Sociology in the School of Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leicester. Jason is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Science, a Member of the European Academy, Academia Europaea, a Member of the Board of the Norbert Elias Foundation, Amsterdam, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. His recent research has focused on problematised consumption (e.g. vaping, smoking, social media) particularly by young people, and he has published widely relating to these and other sociological topics. He is currently researching the lay pharmaceutical use of psychedelics (e.g. via microdosing).

• VOLUME ONE: CORE ISSUES, DEBATES AND CONTROVERSIES IN INTERNET RESEARCHLife in Virtual Worlds - T.L. TaylorPlural Existence, Multimodalities and Other Online Research ChallengesInternet as Culture and Cultural Artefact - Christine HinePower Issues in Internet Research - Chris Mann and Fiona StewartIn the Flesh or Online? Exploring Qualitative Research Methodologies - Wendy SeymourAuthenticity and Identity in Internet Contexts - Christine HineOnline Inquiry of Public Selves - Kendal Broad and Kristin JoosMethodological ConsiderationsEpistemological Dimensions in Qualitative Research - Nalita James and Hugh BusherThe Construction of Knowledge OnlineResearch Design and Tools for Internet Research - Claire Hewson and Dianna LaurentHow 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 ZalkEthical Dilemmas in Research on Internet Communities - Sarah Flicker, Dave Haans and Harvey SkinnerEncountering Distressing Information in Online Research - Susannah SternA Consideration of Legal and Ethical ResponsibilitiesDeveloping a Geographers′ Agenda for Online Research Ethics - Clare MadgeThe Ethics of Internet Research - Rebecca Enyon, Jenny Fry and Ralph SchroederEthics in Online Research - Kate Orton-JohnsonEvaluating the ESRC Framework for Research Ethics Categorization of RiskUnderstanding and Managing Legal Issues in Internet Research - Andrew CharlesworthSome Additional Challenges for Online Researchers - Ted Gaiser and Anthony SchreinerThe Displacement of Time and Space in Online Research - Nalita James and Hugh BusherThe Question Concerning (Internet) Time - Susa Leong et alThe Cultural Dimensions of Online Communication - Shani OrgadA Study of Breast Cancer Patients′ Internet SpacesGradations in Digital Inclusion - Sonia Livingstone and Ellen HelsperChildren, Young People and the Digital DivideVOLUME TWO: TAKING RESEARCH ONLINE: INTERNET SURVEYS AND SAMPLINGAdvantages and Disadvantages of Internet Research Surveys - Ronald Fricker and Matthias SchonlauEvidence from the LiteratureOverview - Vasja Vehovar and Katja Lozar ManfredaOnline SurveysInternet Survey Design - Samuel Best and Brian KruegerWriting Survey Questions - Valerie Sue and Lois RitterDesigning and Developing the Survey Instrument - Valerie Sue and Lois RitterWeb Survey Design - Kevin Shropshire, James Hawdon and James WhiteBalancing Measurement, Response and Topical Interest Design of Web Questionnaires - Vera Toepoel et alAn Information-Processing Perspective for the Effect of Response CategoriesDesign of Web Questionnaires - Vera Toepoel, Marcel Das and Arthur van SoestThe Effects of the Number of Items per ScreenUsing Questionnaire Design to Fight Non-Response Bias in Web Surveys - Paula Vicente and Elizabeth ReisSensitive Questions in Online Surveys - Elisabeth Coutts and Ben JannExperimental 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 DilmanSampling Methods for Web and E-Mail Surveys - Ronald FrickerRepresentativeness in Online Surveys through Stratified Samples - Jörg Blasius and Maurice BrandtSelection 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 HeckathornName-Based Cluster Sampling - Douglas FergusonHow to Increase Response Rates in List-Based Web Survey Samples - Florian KeuschComparing Response Rates from Web and Mail Surveys - Tse-Hua Shih and Xitao FanA Meta-AnalysisThe Mode Effect in Mixed-Mode Surveys - Beng BörkanMail and Web SurveysWeb and Mail Surveys - Weiwei Lin and Gregg van RyzinAn Experimental Comparison of Methods for Non-Profit ResearchVOLUME THREE: TAKING RESEARCH ONLINE: QUALITATIVE APPROACHESThe Virtual Objects of Ethnography - Christine HineEngaging with Research Participants Online - Nalita James and Hugh BusherMethod, Methodology and New Media - Alison PowellDigital Ethnography - Dhiraj MurthyAn Examination of the Use of New Technologies for Social ResearchEthnographic Approaches to the Internet and Computer-Mediated Communication - Angela Cora Garcia et alThe Method of Netnography - Robert KozinetsInternet-Based Interviewing - Henrietta O′Connor et alCredibility, Authenticity and Voice - Nalita James and Hugh BusherDilemmas in Online InterviewingBenefits of Participating in Internet Interviews - Cheryl Tatano BeckWomen Helping WomenEvaluating Internet Interviews with Gay Men - Russel Ayling and Avril MewseResearching Shyness - Susie ScottA Contradiction in Terms?Conducting Intensive Interviews Using E-Mail - Judith McCoyd and Toba Schwaber KersonA Serendipitous Comparative OpportunityUsing E-Mail for Data Collection - Ted Gaiser and Anthony SchreinerVirtual Fieldwork Using Access Grid - Nigel FieldingResearching Online Populations - Kate Stewart and Matthew WilliamsThe Use of Online Focus Groups for Social ResearchDoing Synchronous Online Focus Groups with Young People - Fiona Fox, Marianne Morris and Nichola RumseyMethodological ReflectionsData Analysis - Robert KozinetsAnalysis of Thin Online Interview Data - Richard Kitto and John BarnettToward a Sequential Hierarchical Language-Based ApproachDistributed Video Analysis in Social Research - Jon HindmarshSmartphones - Mika Raento, Antti Oulasvirta and Nathan EagleAn Emerging Tool for Social ScientistsVOLUME FOUR: RESEARCH ′ON′ AND ′IN′ THE INTERNET: INVESTIGATING THE ONLINE WORLDThe World of Web 2.0 - Ted Gaiser and Anthony SchreinerBlogs, Wikis and WebsitesSociology and, of and in Web 2.0 - David Beer and Roger BurrowsSome Initial ConsiderationsNew Avenues for Sociological Inquiry - Laura Robinson and Jeremy SchulzEvolving Forms of Ethnographic PracticeInterview and Internet Forums - Clive Seale et alA Comparison of Two Sources of Qualitative Data′Entering the Blogosphere′ - Nicholas HookwaySome Strategies for Using Blogs in Social ResearchThe Psychology of Blogging - Laura Gurak and Smiljana AntonijevicYou, Me and Everyone in betweenWeblogs, Traditional Sources Online and Political Participation - Homero Gil De Zúñiga, Eulàlia Puig-I-Abril and Rojas An Assessment of How the Internet Is Changing the Political EnvironmentMapping the Norwegian Blogosphere - Hallvard MoeMethodological Challenges in Internationalizing Internet ResearchMapping the Australian Networked Public Sphere - Axel Bruns et alInternet Political Discussions in the Arab World - Eisa Al Nashmi et alA Look at Online Forums from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and JordanOnline Petitions - Helen BriassoulisNew Tools of Secondary Analysis?Ambient Affiliation - Michele ZappavingaThe Linguistic Perspective on TwitterMining the Internet for Linguistic and Social Data - Nelya KoteykoAn Analysis of ′Carbon Compounds′ in Web FeedsSociology of Hyperlink Networks of Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Twitter - Chien-leng Hsu and Han Woo ParkA Case Study of South Korea′Piling on Layers of Understanding′ - Vanessa Dirksen, Ard Huizing and Bas SmitThe Use of Connective Ethnography for the Study of (Online) Work PracticesTowards Ethnography of Television on the Internet - Christine HineA Mobile Strategy for Exploring Mundane Interpretive ActivitiesBackstage with the Knowledge Boys and Girls - Drew RossGoffman and Distributed Agency in an Organic Online CommunityEmotional Reflexivity in Contemporary Friendships - Mary HomesUnderstanding It Using Elias and Facebook EtiquetteThe Online Support Group as a Community - Wyke Stommel and Tom KooleA Micro-Analysis of the Interaction with a New MemberThe Presentation of ′Pro-Anorexia′ in Online Group Interactions - Jeff Gavin, Karen Rodham and Helen Poyer

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