The authors reconstruct the system of advantages and limits of e-mail data collection and web survey technique in social research; for this purpose, they examine in detail a set of studies that stimulate multiple reflections, both with reference to the overall value of survey research and on the role of the web for social sciences. The subject of all selected research designs is a complex social problem that involves the internet, both focus for observation and tool for research: voting intentions, social effects of the pandemic, the quality of university life, technology addiction. In each research experience, for different reasons—above all due to the lack of a single, self-sufficient data collection mode—, the authors favor the integration of research strategies: 1) mixed-modes of data collection, 2) follow-up panel web survey, 3) mixed methods research, 4) introduction of a preliminary pilot study, 5) multilevel survey.

Online research practice and integrated perspectives of inquiry. Dis(advantages) of web and e-mail surveys / Faggiano, Maria Paola; Mauceri, Sergio; DI CENSI, Luca. - (2022), pp. 88-111. [10.4018/978-1-7998-8473-6].

Online research practice and integrated perspectives of inquiry. Dis(advantages) of web and e-mail surveys

Maria Paola Faggiano;Sergio Mauceri;Luca Di Censi
2022

Abstract

The authors reconstruct the system of advantages and limits of e-mail data collection and web survey technique in social research; for this purpose, they examine in detail a set of studies that stimulate multiple reflections, both with reference to the overall value of survey research and on the role of the web for social sciences. The subject of all selected research designs is a complex social problem that involves the internet, both focus for observation and tool for research: voting intentions, social effects of the pandemic, the quality of university life, technology addiction. In each research experience, for different reasons—above all due to the lack of a single, self-sufficient data collection mode—, the authors favor the integration of research strategies: 1) mixed-modes of data collection, 2) follow-up panel web survey, 3) mixed methods research, 4) introduction of a preliminary pilot study, 5) multilevel survey.
2022
Handbook of research on advanced research methodologies for a digital society
9781799884736
web survey; limits; virtues; social research
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Online research practice and integrated perspectives of inquiry. Dis(advantages) of web and e-mail surveys / Faggiano, Maria Paola; Mauceri, Sergio; DI CENSI, Luca. - (2022), pp. 88-111. [10.4018/978-1-7998-8473-6].
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