Books in the New Technologies for Social Research Series series

Examines the impact of Internet technology on qualitative research methods. This book draws on studies using computer-mediated communication (CMC) and shows how online researchers can employ Internet-based qualitative methods to collect descriptive, contextually-situated data. It is intended as a guide for students and researchers.

The use of computers in qualitative research has redefined the way social researchers handle qualitative data. Two leading researchers in the field have written this lucid text on the principal approaches in qualitative research and show how the leading computer programs are used in computer-assisted qualitative data analysis (CAQDAS).

This book introduces the new computer-based research methods for studying and modeling complex social phenomena. It is the first coherent collection that surveys the impact that computer-based methods have had on the social and behavioural sciences and illustrates the potential for future research.

Providing an up-to-date picture of the main methods for the quantitative analysis of text, this book overviews the background and the conceptual foundations of the field, and covers the traditional thematic approaches of text analysis, followed by an explanation of newer developments in semantic and network text analysis methodologies.

This book provides the first accessible introduction to neural network analysis as a methodological strategy for social scientists. The author details numerous studies and examples which illustrate the advantages of neural network analysis over other quantitative and modelling methods in widespread use. Methods are presented in an accessible style.

Intends to equip qualitative researchers with the tools necessary to conduct ethnography in the age of email and the internet. This title investigates how digital technologies potentially transform the ways in which we do research.