The SAGE Handbook of Online Research Methods

Online research methods are popular, dynamic and fast-changing. Following on from the great success of the first edition, published in 2008, The SAGE Handbook of Online Research Methods, Second Edition offers both updates of existing subject areas and new chapters covering more recent developments, such as social media, big data, data visualization and CAQDAS.Bringing together the leading names in both qualitative and quantitative online research, this new edition is organised into nine sections:1. Online Research Methods2. Designing Online Research3. Online Data Capture and Data Collection4. The Online Survey5. Digital Quantitative Analysis 6. Digital Text Analysis7. Virtual Ethnography8. Online Secondary Analysis: Resources and Methods9. The Future of Online Social ResearchThe SAGE Handbook of Online Research Methods, Second Edition is an essential resource for anyone interested in the contemporary practice of computer-mediated research and scholarship.