Key texts in the field of online research

Batinic, B., Reips, U. D., Bosnjak, M. (Ed.) (2002) Online Social Sciences. Cambridge. Hogrefe & Huber.

Best, S. J. and Krueger, B. S. (2004) Internet data collection. Sage University Paper 141. London. Sage.

Buchanan, E. (Ed.)(2004) Readings in Virtual Research Ethics: Issues and Controversies. Hershey, PA. Idea Group.

Dillman, D. A. (2007) Mail and internet surveys - the tailored design method, 2nd ed.. New York. Wiley.

Ess, C. (2009) Digital Media Ethics. Cambridge. Polity.

Hewson, C., Yule, P., Laurent, D. and Vogel, C. (2003) Internet Research Methods. London. Sage.

Fielding, N. G., Lee, R. G., and Blank, G. (Eds.) (2008) The SAGE Handbook of Online Research Methods. London. Sage.

Hine, C. (2000) Virtual Ethnography. London. Sage.     

Hine, C. (ed.) (2005) Virtual Methods: Issues in Social Research on the Internet. Oxford. Berg.

James, N. and Busher, H. (2009) Online interviewing. London. Sage.  

Johns, M. D., Chen, S. S. and Hall, G. J. (Eds.) (2004) Online Social Research: Methods, Issues, and Ethics. New York. Peter Lang.

Jones, S. G. (ed.) (1998) Doing Internet Research. London. Sage.

Mann, C. and Stewart, F. (2000) Internet Communication and Qualitative Research: A Handbook for Researching Online. London. Sage.

O' Dochartaigh, N. (2001) The Internet Research Handbook: A Practical Guide for Students and Researchers in the Social Sciences. London. Sage.

Reips, U. D. and Bosnjak, M. (Eds.) (2001) Dimensions of Internet Science. Lengerich. Pabst Science Publishers.

Russell, B. and Purcell, J. (2009) Online Research Essentials: Designing and Implementing Research Studies. New York. Wiley.

Sue, V. M. and Ritter, L. A.(2007) Conducting online surveys. London. Sage.

Schonlau, M., Fricker, R. D. and Elliott, M. N. (2002) Conducting Research Surveys Via E-mail and the Web. Santa Monica. RAND.

Thurlow, C., Lengel, L. and Tomic, A. (2004). Computer Mediated Communication: Social Interaction and the Internet. London. Sage.

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Forthcoming book (Estimated October 2009):

Ess, C., Consalvo, M. and Burnett, R. (2009) The handbook of internet studies. Oxford. Blackwell.