Studying Vlogs and Blogs
Find examples and guidance about collecting data on blogs or vlogs.
Digital Methods for Social Research: OA Articles
While some types of online research use communication tools to interact with remote participants, digital methods use online approaches to study online phenomena.
Social media research and ethics: what does the user want?
Dr. Stommel brings clarity to the messy world of data collection on social media.
Online research with vulnerable populations
Do you have concerns about how to carry out data collection with vulnerable populations online? Find research strategies for reaching vulnerable people online.
Online Experiments
This collection of open access articles offers multidisciplinary examples, guidance, and perspectives about online experimental research.
Populations and Participants in Online Studies
What are some of the issues researchers face, and what are the experiences of online participants? This collection of open-access articles includes diverse examples and perspectives.
Avoid Scams, Imposters, and Fraud in Online Research Participation
How do you know online participants are who they say they are? This collection of articles explores the issues - and solutions.
Decolonization, Technology, and Online Research
Decolonizing research methods means rethinking how we look at participants and problems. In the digital world there are even more ways the European West exerts cultural, economic, and political control. At the same time, the digital world allows researchers to conduct studies across the distances.
Anonymizing Qualitative Data
Qualitative researchers often collect very personal data, whether in interviews or in narratives, diaries, or other records that depict their experiences. One way to protect their identities is by changing their names, and anonymizing the data.
Collect Data with Online Surveys
When survey tools were first available online, it seemed like the process of data collection would get much easier. Find open-access articles and author interviews.