Rachel Buchanan and I have just produced a new book entitled Online Research. It is the second edition of my previous book Online Research Methods, but is to all intents and purposes a completely new book, as the last 10 years have completely revolutionised the practice of online research.
In the book we provide a concise and accessible introduction to online research, covering ethics, surveys, focus groups, ethnographies, experiments and the gathering and analysis of naturally occurring digital/big data.
We also ask how researchers should use the digital environment to communicate their research and looks forward to the future of the field, asking what the next ten years hold. Online research is rarely well served by the direct translation of onsite methods onto the internet. Rather, researchers need to reflect, adapt and redesign research as they change the mode through which they conduct their research.
We hope that you enjoy the book and would be really interested to hear more of your thoughts on it once you get your hands on it!
The book is available from Bloomsbury Academic.
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