Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a detailed and critical look at the evolution
of online survey research since Evans and Mathur's (2005) article on the value of online …

There is an ongoing debate in the survey research literature about whether and when
probability and nonprobability sample surveys produce accurate estimates of a larger …

The use of Internet panels to collect survey data is increasing because it is cost-effective,
enables access to large and diverse samples quickly, takes less time than traditional …

Background: There is often a lack of transparency in research using online panels related to
recruitment methods and sample derivation. The purpose of this study was to describe the …

The rising penetration of smartphones now gives researchers the chance to collect data from
smartphone users through passive mobile data collection via apps. Examples of passively …

The measurement of how people are “exposed” to media content, which is crucial for the
understanding of media use and effects, has been a challenge for a long time. Today's …

Abstract The coronavirus (COVID‐19) pandemic is affecting the environment and
conservation research in fundamental ways. Many conservation social scientists are now …

The new European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) imposes enhanced
requirements on digital data collection. This article reports from a 2018 German nationwide …

Demonstrations that analyses of social media content can align with measurement from
sample surveys have raised the question of whether survey research can be supplemented …

Inferential statistics teach us that we need a random probability sample to infer from a
sample to the general population. In online survey research, however, volunteer access …