Digital Research Confidential: The Secrets of Studying Behavior Online

by Eszter Hargittai

Book Overview

Behind-the-scenes stories of how Internet research projects actually get done.

The realm of the digital offers both new methods of research and new objects of study. Because the digital environment for scholarship is constantly evolving, researchers must sometimes improvise, change their plans, and adapt. These details are often left out of research write-ups, leaving newcomers to the field frustrated when their approaches do not work as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262528207
• ISBN13: 9780262528207
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher