SAGE Internet Research Methods

Jason Hughes is Professor and Head of the School of Media, Communication and Sociology at the University of Leicester. His first book, Learning to Smoke (2003, Chicago Press), which synthesised aspects of the work of Howard Becker with that of Foucault and Elias, won the 2006 Norbert Elias prize. He has also coauthored with Ruth Simpson and Natasha Slutskaya Gender, Class and Occupation: Working Class Men Doing Dirty Work (Palgrave, 2016), and, together with Eric Dunning, Norbert Elias and Modern Sociology: Knowledge, Interdependence, Power, Process (Bloomsbury, 2013). Other works include the edited volumes Visual Methods (SAGE, 2012) and Internet Research Methods (SAGE, 2012), and coedited volumes Contemporary Approaches to Ethnographic Research (SAGE, 2018), Documentary and Archival Research (SAGE, 2016), Moral Panics in the Contemporary World (Bloomsbury, 2013), and Communities of Practice: Critical Perspectives (Routledge, 2007). His current research, funded by Cancer Research UK, is investigating the "careers" of adolescent e-cigarette users.

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