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The SAGE handbook of online research methods /

The SAGE handbook of online research methods / edited by Nigel G. Fielding, Raymond M. Lee and Grant Blank - Los Angeles : London : Sage, 2017 - xxvii, 655 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

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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