Online Social Research

Contents: Norman K. Denzin: Prologue: Online Environments and Interpretive Social Research – Clifford G. Christians/Shing-Ling Sarina Chen: Introduction: Technological Environments and the Evolution of Social Research Methods – Matthew Williams/Kate Robson: Reengineering Focus Group Methodology for the Online Environment – Sharon S. Kleinman: Researching OURNET: A Case Study of a Multiple Methods Approach – Kathleen LeBesco: Managing Visibility, Intimacy, and Focus in Online Critical Ethnography – Mary K. Walstrom: «Seeing and Sensing» Online Interaction: An Interpretive Interactionist Approach to USENET Support Group Research – Amy S. Bruckman: Introduction: Opportunities and Challenges in Methodology and Ethics – Mark D. Johns/G. Jon Hall/Tara Lynn Crowell: Surviving the IRB Review: Institutional Guidelines and Research Strategies – Lori Kendall: Participants and Observers in Online Ethnography: Five Stories About Identity – Annette N. Markham: Representation in Online Ethnographies: A Matter of Context Sensitivity – Shing-Ling Sarina Chen/G. Jon Hall/Mark D. Johns: Research Paparazzi in Cyberspace: The Voices of the Researched – Steve Jones: Introduction: Ethics and Internet Studies – Jim Thomas: Reexamining the Ethics of Internet Research: Facing the Challenge of Overzealous Oversight – Susan B. Barnes: Issues of Attribution and Identification in Online Social Research – Katherine M. Clegg Smith: «Electronic Eavesdropping»: The Ethical Issues Involved in Conducting a Virtual Ethnography – G. Jon Hall/Douglas Frederick/Mark D. Johns: «NEED HELP ASAP!!!»: A Feminist Communitarian Approach to Online Research Ethics – Charles Ess: Epilogue: Are We There Yet? Ethical Guidelines for Online Research.