The SAGE Handbook of Online Research Methods

Author Nigel G. Fielding - Raymond M. Lee - Grant Blank

Publisher Sage UK

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eBook

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Author

Nigel G. Fielding - Raymond M. Lee - Grant Blank

Publisher

Sage UK

Volume

Edition

2

Copyright

2016

ISBN13

9781473959286

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Format

eBook

Grade Level

9th Grade - College Senior

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Overview

This text offers updates of existing subject areas and new chapters covering recent developments in online research methods, such as social media, big data, data visualization, and CAQDAS. It is an essential resource for anyone interested in the contemporary practice of computer-mediated research and scholarship.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
List of Figures.
List of Tables.
Notes on the Editors and Contributors.
Companion Website.
Online Research Methods.
1: Online Research Methods in the Social Sciences: An Editorial Introduction.
Designing Online Research.
2: The Ethics of Online Research.
3: Data Quality in Online Environments.
Online Data Capture and Data Collection.
4: Research Design and Tools for Online Research.
5: Nonreactive Data Collection Online.
6: What’s New? The Applications of Data Mining and Big Data in the Social Sciences.
7: Of Instruments and Data: Social Media Uses, Abuses and Analysis.
8: ‘Big Social Science’: Doing Big Data in the Social Sciences1.
The Online Survey.
9: Overview: Online Surveys.
10: Sampling Methods for Online Surveys.
11: Online Survey Design.
12: Online Survey Software.
13: Improving the Effectiveness of Online Data Collection by Mixing Survey Modes.
Digital Quantitative Analysis.
14: Online Social Networks: Concepts for Data Collection and Analysis.
15: Scale, Time, and Activity Patterns: Advanced Methods for the Analysis of Online Networks.
16: Social Simulation and Online Research Methods.
17: Games and Online Research Methods.
18: Data Visualisation as an Emerging Tool for Online Research.
Digital Text Analysis.
19: Online Tools for Content Analysis.
20: Sentiment Analysis for Small and Big Data.
21: Artificial Intelligence/Expert Systems and Online Research.
22: The Blogosphere.
Virtual Ethnography.
23: Ethnographies of Online Communities and Social Media: Modes, Varieties, Affordances.
24: Online Interviewing.
25: Online Focus Groups.
26: Tools for Collaboration in Video-based Research.
27: CAQDAS at a Crossroads: Affordances of Technology in an Online Environment.
Online Secondary Analysis: Resources and Methods.
28: Online Access to Quantitative Data Resources.
29: Secondary Qualitative Analysis using Online Resources.
30: Finding and Investigating
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