The SAGE Handbook of Online Research Methods
Nigel G Fielding, Raymond M Lee,
Grant Blank - SAGE Publications, 2008
This handbook provides comprehensive
coverage of contemporary and developing Internet and online social research
methods, spanning both quantitative andqualitative research applications.
The editors have brought together leading names in the field of online
research to give a thoroughly up to date commentary on current debates. The
chapters cover both methodological and procedural themes, offering readers a
sophisticated treatment of the practice and uses of Internet and online research
that is grounded in research methodology. Beginning with an examination of the
significance of the Internet as a research medium, the book goes on to cover
research design, data capture, the survey, virtual ethnography, and the internet
as an archival resource, and concludes by looking at potential directions for
the future of Internet and online research.
