Doing Internet Research : Critical Issues and Methods for Examining the Net.

Doing Internet Research : Critical Issues and Methods for Examining the Net.

The Internet is a medium with great consequences for social and economic life. This book is written to help people discern in what ways it has commanded the public imagination, and the methodological issues that arise when one tries to study and understand the social processes occurring within it. T...

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Main Author: Jones, Steve
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 1998.
Subjects:
Internet > Social aspects > Research > Methodology.
Internet > Social aspects > Research > United States > Methodology.
Telematics > Social aspects > Research > Methodology.
Telematics > Social aspects > Research > United States > Methodology.
Cyberspace > Social aspects > Research > Methodology.
Cyberspace > Social aspects > Research > United States > Methodology.
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Forests, Trees, and Internet Research; Chapter 1
  • Studying the Net: Intricacies and Issues; Chapter 2
  • Complementary Explorative Data Analysis: The Reconciliation of Quantitative and Qualitative Principles; Chapter 3
  • Recontextualizing "Cyberspace": Methodological Considerations for On-Line Research; Chapter 4
  • Studying On-Line Social Networks; Chapter 5
  • Cybertalk and the Method of Instances; Chapter 6
  • Configuring as a Mode of Rhetorical Analysis.
  • Chapter 7
  • From Paper-and-Pencil to Screen-and-Keyboard: Toward a Methodology for Survey Research on the InternetChapter 8
  • Measuring Internet Audiences: Patrons of an On-Line Art Museum; Chapter 9
  • Analyzing the Web: Directions and Challenges; Chapter 10
  • There Is a There There: Notes Toward a Definition of Cybereommunity; Chapter 11
  • Researching and Creating Community Networks; Chapter 12
  • Beyond Netiquette: The Ethics of Doing Naturalistic Discourse Research on the Internet; Chapter 13
  • Thinking the Internet: Cultural Studies Versus the Millennium; Index; About the Contributors.

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