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The SAGE Handbook of Online Research Methods.

Contributor(s): Publisher: Los Angeles : London : SAGE, 2017Edition: Second editionDescription: xxvii, 655 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781473918788
  • 1473918782
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 025.04 22
LOC classification:
  • ZA4228 .S24 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Part I : Online research methods. Online research methods in the social sciences : an editorial introduction / Raymond M. Lee, Nigel G. Fielding and Grant Blank -- Part II : Designing online research. The ethics of online research / Rebecca Eynon, Jenny Fry and Ralph Schroeder -- Data quality in online environments / Karsten Boye Rasmussen -- Part III : Online data capture and data collection. Research design and tools for online research / Claire Hewson -- Nonreactive data collection online / Dietmar Janetzko -- What's new? the applications of data mining and big data in the social sciences / Ayelet Baram-Tsabari, Elad Segev and Aviv J. Sharon -- Of instruments and data : social media uses, abuses and analysis / Martin Innes, Colin Roberts, Alum Preece and David Rogers -- 'Big social science' : doing big data in the social sciences / Jonathan Bright -- Part IV : The online survey. Overview : online surveys / Vasja Vehovar and Katja Lozar Manfreda -- Sampling methods for online surveys / Ronald D. Fricker Jr. -- Online survey design / Vera Toepoel -- Online survey software / Lars Kaczmirek -- Improving the effectiveness of online data collection by mixing survey modes / Don A. Dillman, Feng Hao and Morgan M. Millar -- Part V : Digital quantitative analysis. Online social networks : concepts for data collection and analysis / Bernie Hogan -- Scale, time and activity patterns : advanced methods for the analysis of online networks / Javier Borge-Holthoefer and Sandra González-Bailón -- Social stimulation and online research methods / Corinna Elsenbroich -- Games and online research methods / Harko Verhagen, Magnus Johansson and Wander Jager -- Data visualisation as an emerging tool for online research / Helen Kennedy and William Allen -- Part VI : Digital text analysis. Online tools for content analysis / Roel Popping -- Sentiment analysis for small and big data / Mike Thelwall -- Artificial intelligence-expert systems and online research / Edward Brent -- The blogosphere / Nicholas Hookway and Helene Snee -- Part VII : Virtual ethnography. Ethnographies of online communities and social media : modes, varieties, affordances / Christine Hine -- Online interviewing / Henrietta O'Connor and Clare Madge -- Online focus groups / Katie M. Abrams ; with Ted J. Gaiser -- Tools for collaboration in video-based research / Jon Hindmarsh -- CAQDAS at a crossroads : affordances of technology in an online environment / Christina Silver and Sarah L. Bulloch -- Part VIII : Online secondary analysis : resources and methods. Online access to quantitative data resources / Louise Corti and Jo Wathan -- Secondary qualitative analysis using online resources / Patrick Carmichael -- Finding and investigating geographical data online / David Martin, Samantha Cockings and Samuel Leung -- Mapping spaces : cartographic representations of online data / Matthew Zook, Ate Poorthuis and Rich Donohue -- Part IX : The future of online social research. Engaging remote marginalized communities using appropriate online research methods / Brian Beaton, David Perley, Chris George and Susan O'Donnell -- Web- and phone-based data collection using planned missing designs / William Revelle, David M. Condon, Joshua Wilt, Jason A. French, Ashley Brown and Lorien G. Elleman -- Social cartography and 'knowing capitalism' : critical reflections on social research and the geo-spatial web / Harrison Smith, Michael Hardey, Mariann Hardey and Roger Burrows -- Online environments and the future of social science research / Michael Fischer, Stephen Lon and David Zeitlyn -- Online research methods and social theory / Grant Blank.
Summary: Online research methods are popular, dynamic, and fast-changing. The SAGE Handbook of Online Research Methods, Second edition updates existing coverage and provides all-new chapters on the latest developments in social media, big data, data visualization, CAQDAS and more. It is an essential resource for anyone interested in contemporary practice of computer-mediated research and scholarship. -- from back cover.
List(s) this item appears in: 2022 New Titles
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Mesa Lab ZA4228 .S24 2017 1 Available 50583020014944
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I : Online research methods. Online research methods in the social sciences : an editorial introduction / Raymond M. Lee, Nigel G. Fielding and Grant Blank -- Part II : Designing online research. The ethics of online research / Rebecca Eynon, Jenny Fry and Ralph Schroeder -- Data quality in online environments / Karsten Boye Rasmussen -- Part III : Online data capture and data collection. Research design and tools for online research / Claire Hewson -- Nonreactive data collection online / Dietmar Janetzko -- What's new? the applications of data mining and big data in the social sciences / Ayelet Baram-Tsabari, Elad Segev and Aviv J. Sharon -- Of instruments and data : social media uses, abuses and analysis / Martin Innes, Colin Roberts, Alum Preece and David Rogers -- 'Big social science' : doing big data in the social sciences / Jonathan Bright -- Part IV : The online survey. Overview : online surveys / Vasja Vehovar and Katja Lozar Manfreda -- Sampling methods for online surveys / Ronald D. Fricker Jr. -- Online survey design / Vera Toepoel -- Online survey software / Lars Kaczmirek -- Improving the effectiveness of online data collection by mixing survey modes / Don A. Dillman, Feng Hao and Morgan M. Millar -- Part V : Digital quantitative analysis. Online social networks : concepts for data collection and analysis / Bernie Hogan -- Scale, time and activity patterns : advanced methods for the analysis of online networks / Javier Borge-Holthoefer and Sandra González-Bailón -- Social stimulation and online research methods / Corinna Elsenbroich -- Games and online research methods / Harko Verhagen, Magnus Johansson and Wander Jager -- Data visualisation as an emerging tool for online research / Helen Kennedy and William Allen -- Part VI : Digital text analysis. Online tools for content analysis / Roel Popping -- Sentiment analysis for small and big data / Mike Thelwall -- Artificial intelligence-expert systems and online research / Edward Brent -- The blogosphere / Nicholas Hookway and Helene Snee -- Part VII : Virtual ethnography. Ethnographies of online communities and social media : modes, varieties, affordances / Christine Hine -- Online interviewing / Henrietta O'Connor and Clare Madge -- Online focus groups / Katie M. Abrams ; with Ted J. Gaiser -- Tools for collaboration in video-based research / Jon Hindmarsh -- CAQDAS at a crossroads : affordances of technology in an online environment / Christina Silver and Sarah L. Bulloch -- Part VIII : Online secondary analysis : resources and methods. Online access to quantitative data resources / Louise Corti and Jo Wathan -- Secondary qualitative analysis using online resources / Patrick Carmichael -- Finding and investigating geographical data online / David Martin, Samantha Cockings and Samuel Leung -- Mapping spaces : cartographic representations of online data / Matthew Zook, Ate Poorthuis and Rich Donohue -- Part IX : The future of online social research. Engaging remote marginalized communities using appropriate online research methods / Brian Beaton, David Perley, Chris George and Susan O'Donnell -- Web- and phone-based data collection using planned missing designs / William Revelle, David M. Condon, Joshua Wilt, Jason A. French, Ashley Brown and Lorien G. Elleman -- Social cartography and 'knowing capitalism' : critical reflections on social research and the geo-spatial web / Harrison Smith, Michael Hardey, Mariann Hardey and Roger Burrows -- Online environments and the future of social science research / Michael Fischer, Stephen Lon and David Zeitlyn -- Online research methods and social theory / Grant Blank.

Online research methods are popular, dynamic, and fast-changing. The SAGE Handbook of Online Research Methods, Second edition updates existing coverage and provides all-new chapters on the latest developments in social media, big data, data visualization, CAQDAS and more. It is an essential resource for anyone interested in contemporary practice of computer-mediated research and scholarship. -- from back cover.

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