Web Survey Bibliography
With rapid transfer of many forms of social inquiry through structured questionnaires to the Web, and increasing use of the Web for many forms of social interaction, it is increasingly important to explore whether the Web is indeed a ’socially neutral’ research tool as many believe. Because of Web graphics, interactive nature and context of global environment, social desirability effects in Web surveys may be different as with other self-administered methods, which usually reduce them. In addition, increased use of interactive services, such as multiple user domains, interactive chat rooms and interactive online games encourages widespread adoption of ’virtual personas’ on the Web. It is thus important to explore how par-ticipation in such interactive services may mitigate potential benefits of the Web for social research. Our research explores whether those who are frequent participants in so-called ’alternate realities’ on the Web are more likely to present their ’virtual personas’ or represent their ’real selves’ when answering questions in Web surveys. Users of interactive services are identified in a large national Web survey of Internet users in Slovenia within the project RIS (Research on Internet in Slovenia, http://www.ris.org) at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. They are asked a variety of questions relating to self-image and self-presentation and questions known to be subject to social desirability bias. At the end of the survey they are asked for their telephone number. A matched sample of respondents from the population of non-users of interactive services is also selected. Both groups are then administered a telephone survey, with the key self-presentation and social desirability items replicated. We then compare the responses to the telephone survey with those provided in the Web survey. Our hypothesis is that those who are regular participants in interactive services are more likely to present themselves in a different light on the Web than on the telephone, relative to the non-user group.
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Web survey bibliography (4086)
- Comparing Two Survey Research Approaches: E-Mail and Web-Based Technology versus Traditional Mail ; 2001; Howes, C. M., Mailloux, M. R.
- Literature Review of Web and E-mail Surveys, Chapter III; 2001; Schonlau, M., Fricker, R. D., Elliot, M. N.
- Over the Net. Taking advantage of the Internet in radio measurement; 2001; Cohen, E., O'Hare, B., Jones, L.
- Platform-dependent biases in Online Research: Do Mac users really think different?; 2001; Buchanan, T., Reips, U.-D.
- Documentation for 2001 Winter Internet Survey; 2001; Alvarez, M. R., Sherman, R.
- Using touch screen audio-CASI to obtain data on sensitive topics; 2001; Cooley, P. C., Rogers, S. M., Al-Tayyib, A. A., Ganapathi, L. F., Willis, G. B., Turner, C. F.
- When money doesn't talk; 2001; Funk, S., McCallum-Keeler, G.
- Reaching IT professionals: online vs. telephone interviewing; 2001; Van Houten, B.
- A comparison of Internet and mail survey methodologies; 2001; Medlin, B., Whitten, D.
- Qualitatively Speaking: Online focus groups are no substitute for the real thing; 2001; Greenbaum, T.
- Designing a questionnaire that dives beneath the surface; 2001; Humphreys, G., McNeish, J.
- Online focus group FAQs; 2001; Zinchiak, M.
- Telephone Survey Methodology; 2001; Groves, R. M., Biemer, P. P., Lyberg, L. E., Massey, J. T., Nicholls II, W. L., Waksberg, J.
- In the flesh or online? Exploring qualitative research methodologies; 2001; Seymour, W. S.
- Comparing Random Digit Dial Surveys With Web Surveys: The Case Of Health Care Consumers In California...; 2001; Berry, S., Zapert, K., Payne, S., Payne, L., Sanstad, K., Marcus, S., Spranca, M., Kan, H., Turner,...
- Analysis of Internet Users' Level of Online Privacy Concerns; 2001; O'Neil, D.
- Financial Incentives, Personal Information and Drop-Out in Online Studies; 2001; Frick, A., Bachtiger, M. T., Reips, U.-D.
- Survey Nonresponse; 2001; Groves, R. M., Dillman, D. A., Eltinge, J. L.
- Web survey errors; 2001; Lozar Manfreda, K.
- Testing an Internet Response Option for the American Community Survey; 2001; Griffin, D. H., Fischer, D. P., Morgan, M. T.
- Successful online qualitative market research; 2001; Bradford, D. P.
- From telephone to the Web; 2001; Stone, B.
- Best practices for online survey research; 2001; Dimetrosky, S., Khawaja, S., Degens, P.
- Scandinavia Leading Europe's Broadband Revolution; 2001; Anonymous
- Human factors in business-to-business research over the internet; 2001; Culkin, N., Brown, Js., Fletcher, J.
- Going Global: Issues in Applying Internet; 2001; Bauman, S., Jobity, N., Wilson, D., Atak, H., Deis, M., Airey, J.
- Experimental comparison of Web, electronic and mail survey technologies in operations management; 2001; Klassen, R. D., Jacobs, J.
- An Assessment of the Generalizability of Internet Surveys; 2001; Best, S. J., Krueger, B. S., Hubbard, C., Smith, A. J.
- Web survey design and administration; 2001; Couper, M. P., Traugott, M. W., Lamias, M. J.
- The record of internet-based opinion polls in predicting the results of 72 races in the November 2000...; 2001; Taylor, H., Bremer, J., Overmeyer, C., Siegel, J. W., Terhanian, G.
- Using Internet polling to forecast the 2000 elections; 2001; Terhanian, G., Taylor, H., Bremer, J., Overmeyer, C., Siegel, J. W.
- Virtual Selves and Web Surveys; 2001; Lozar Manfreda, K., Couper, M. P., Vohar, M., Rivas, S., Vehovar, V.
- Ethics of Internet Research: Contesting the Human Subjects Research Model; 2001; Bassett, E. H., O'Riordan, K.
- Research Ethics in Internet-Enabled Research: Human Subjects Issues and Methodological Myopia; 2001; Walther, J. B.
- What is special about the ethical issues in online research?; 2001; Elgesem, D.
- Ethical Issues of Online Communication Research; 2001; Capurro, R., Pingel, C.
- Affective dimensions of Internet culture; 2001; King, A. B.
- Pollsters Inside the Box; 2000; Clark, R.
- The threat of satisficing in surveys: The shortcuts respondents take in answering questions; 2000; Krosnick, J. A.
- Designing Web Usability; 2000; Nielsen, J.
- Comparison of telephone, mail, Web, and IVR surveys of drugs and alcohol use among University of Georgia...; 2000; Bason, J. J.
- The measurement of personal values in survey research: A test of alternative rating procedures; 2000; McCarty, J. A., Shrum, L. J.
- Model of behavioral intention. A two-factor motivational model of behavioral intention; 2000; Thomas, R. K.
- DMS/AOL's Opinion Place expands research services to offer broadest online representation available...; 2000
- Research Report: The Evolving Relationship Between General and Specific Computer Self-Efficacy—...; 2000; Agarwal, R., Sambamurthy, V., Stair, R.
- Old, new make up today's surveys.; 2000; James, D.
- Software Comes Down to Earth; 2000; Macer, T.
- Using Web questionnaires for judgement and decisoin making research; 2000; Baron, J., Siepmann, M.
- Tell me, what did you see? The stimulus on computers; 2000; Krantz, J. H.
- Computer software and qualitative analysis: trends, issues and resources; 2000; Lee, R. M., Esterhuizen, L.