Social media and Internet data offer rich opportunities and vexing challenges for
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Addressing the complexity, flexibility, and controversies of qualitative research's many
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This bestselling introductory book offers practical and straightforward guidance on the
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David de Vaus' classic text Surveys in Social Research provides clear advice on how to
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As social network sites like MySpace and Facebook emerged, American teenagers began
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This article outlines aims and procedures of discourse-centred online ethnography, a
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This collection of dialogues is the only textbook of its kind. Internet Inquiry: Conversations
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Drawing from interviews with Internet researchers from across the globe who work in diverse
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