Research
in the Virtual World
Papers:
Cavanagh
A. 1999. 'Behaviour
in Public?: Ethics in Online Ethnography' Cybersociology
Webzine, Issue Six: Research Methodology Online.
Coomber,
R. 1997 'Using
the Internet for Survey Research' Sociological Research
Online. 2 (2).
Garton
L, Haythornwaite C, & Wellman B. 1997. 'Studying
Online Social Networks' JCMC. 3 (1).
Hammon
R. 1998. The
Application of Ethnographic Methodology in the Study of Cybersex.
University of Liverpool.
Hine C.
1998. Virtual
Ethnography. Paper submitted for International Conference:
25-27 March 1998, Bristol, UK.
Illingworth
N. 2001. 'The
Internet Matters: Exploring the Use of the Internet as a Research
Tool' Sociological Research Online. 6 (2).
Jackson
M. 1997. 'Assessing
the Structure of Communication on the World Wide Web'
JCMC. 3 (1).
Newhagen
JE, & Rafaeli S. 'Why
Communication Researchers Should Study the Internet: A Dialogue'
JCMC. 1 (4).
Paccagnella
L. 1997. 'Getting
the Seats of Your Pants Dirty: Strategies for Ethnographic
Research on Virtual Communities' JCMC. 3 (1).
Smith
CB. 1997. 'Casting
the Net: Surveying an Internet Population' JCMC.
3 (1).
Thomas
J. 1996. 'Introduction:
A debate about the ethics of fair practices for collecting
social science data in cyberspace' The Information
Society. 12 (2):107-117.
Thomsen
SR, Straubhaar JD, & Bolyard DM. 1998. 'Ethnomethodology
and the study of online communities: Exploring the cyber streets'
Information Research. 4 (1).
Yun GW,
& Trumbo CW. 2000. 'Comparative
response to a survey executed by post, e-mail, & web form'
JCMC. 6 (1).
Related
Sites:
The
Association of Internet Researchers is an academic association
dedicated to the advancement of the cross-disciplinary field
of Internet studies.
John
Suler's online hypertext book Contains section on Research
Methods in Cyberpsychology
WebSM
is a large bibliography on web survey methodology.
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