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Informationen zum Autor Nigel Fielding, BA (Sussex) MA (Kent) PhD (LSE), is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Surrey, a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, and a member of the Community of Experts of the European Science Foundation, and served on the Mixed Methods Research Association’s presidential task force on the future of mixed methods. His interests in research methodology include mixed methods, socio-spatial methods, qualitative software, interview methods, field observation, and digitally-mediated fieldwork. Nigel has authored/edited 27 books, many in research methodology, including The SAGE Handbook of Online Research Methods , Sage, 2018 (second edition), with Grant Blank and Ray Lee. Raymond M. Lee is Emeritus Professor of Social Research Methods at Royal Holloway University of London. He has written extensively about a range of methodological topics. These include the problems and issues involved in research on ‘sensitive’ topics, research in physically dangerous environments, the use of unobtrusive measures, and the role of new technologies in the research process. His current research focuses on the historical development of interviewing techniques. Grant Blank is Survey Research Fellow at Oxford Internet Institute (OII), University of Oxford. He is a sociologist who studies the social and cultural impact of the Internet and other new communication media. He is also interested in cultural sociology, especially reviews and cultural evaluation.Grant began his career as an independent consultant based in Chicago Illinois specializing in research design, statistical analysis, and database design. He previously taught at American University in Washington DC. He completed his PhD on the sociology of reviews at the University of Chicago in 1999, and joined OII in 2010. Klappentext This best-selling handbook has been brought fully up-to-date with coverage of recent developments in the field including social media, big data, data visualization and CAQDAS. Zusammenfassung This best-selling handbook has been brought fully up-to-date with coverage of recent developments in the field including social media! big data! data visualization and CAQDAS. Inhaltsverzeichnis SECTION ONE - ONLINE RESEARCH METHODS Chapter 01: Online Research Methods in the Social Sciences: An Editorial Introduction - Raymond M. Lee, Nigel G. Fielding, and Grant Blank SECTION TWO - DESIGNING ONLINE RESEARCH Chapter 02: The Ethics of Online Research - Rebecca Eynon, Jenny Fry and Ralph Schroeder Chapter 03: Data Quality in Online Environments - Karsten Boye Rasmussen SECTION THREE - ONLINE DATA CAPTURE AND DATA COLLECTION Chapter 04: Research Design and Tools for Online Research - Claire Hewson Chapter 05: Nonreactive Data Collection Online - Dietmar Janetzko Chapter 06: What's New? The Applications of Data Mining and Big Data in the Social Sciences - Ayelet Baram-Tsabari, Elad Segev and Aviv J. Sharon Chapter 07: Of Instruments and Data: Social Media Uses, Abuses and Analysis - Martin Innes, Colin Roberts, Alun Preece and David Rogers Chapter 08: "Big Social Science": Doing Big Data in the Social Sciences - Jonathan Bright SECTION FOUR - THE ONLINE SURVEY Chapter 09: Overview: Online Surveys - Vasja Vehovar and Katja Lozar Manfreda Chapter 10: Sampling Methods for Online Surveys - Ronald D. Fricker, Jr Chapter 11: Online Survey Design - Vera Toepoel Chapter 12: Online Survey Software - Lars Kaczmirek Chapter 13: Improving the Effectiveness of Online Data Collection by Mixing Survey Modes - Don A. Dillman, Feng Hao and Morgan M. Millar SECTION FIVE - DIGITAL QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS Chapter 14: Online Social Networks: Concepts for Data Collection and Analysis - Bernie Hogan Chapter 15: Scale, Time, and Activity Patterns: Advanced Methods for the Analysis of On...
