While some types of online research use communication tools to interact with remote participants, digital methods use online approaches to study online phenomena.

Dr. Stommel brings clarity to the messy world of data collection on social media.

This collection of open access articles offers multidisciplinary examples, guidance, and perspectives about online experimental research.

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.

How do you know online participants are who they say they are? This collection of articles explores the issues - and solutions.

The wealth of material available online is irresistible to social researchers who are trying to understand contemporary experiences, perspectives, and events. The ethical collection and -use of such material is anything but straightforward. Find open-access articles that explore different approaches.

There are lots of questions to consider when using videoconference platforms for scholarly interviews.

Throughout your research journey, leveraging digital tools can be advantageous, aiding you from initial planning to final presentation. Whether you lean towards paper-based methods or embrace a hybrid approach combining both digital and traditional tools, this blog post from Kelly Trivedy offers insights to help you explore and experiment with new tools effectively!

Researchers can easily access user-generated public videos. See this multidisciplinary collection of open access articles about quantitative and qualitative approaches to collecting and analyzing videos from YouTube or TikTok.

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.

Storytelling has been a part of our shared life since the beginning of time. Story-based research approaches are especially valuable when studying sensitive issues or collecting data with vulnerable participants. In today’s digital world we have new ways to share and collect stories in a research context.

Hashtags offer online researchers ways to identify popular topics, trace viral messages, and locate influential thought leaders. Learn more about how researchers use hashtags with this multidisciplinary collection of open access articles.

Do you think about research questions as an insider, outsider, or somewhere in between? Why is positionality important in online research?