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Doing Internet Research: Critical Issues and Methods for Examining the Net

Sage Publications, 1998

Whether or not one believes the hyperbolic claims about the Internet being the biggest thing since the invention of the wheel, the Internet is a medium with great consequences for social and economic life. Doing Internet Research is written to help people discern in what ways it has commanded the public imagination, and the...

Internet Communication and Qualitative Research: A Handbook for Researching Online (New Technologies for Social Research series)

Sage Publications, 2000

"The internet is exploding with possibilities for conducting social research. Mann and Stewart offer the first in-depth consideration of the prospects and potentials for doing qualitative research on-line. This wide ranging, clearly-written book is essential reading for researchers working at the cutting edge of qualitative methodology."...

Doing Research in the Real World

Sage Publications, 2004

"If you are interested in a balanced overview of both quantitative and qualitative research methods, if you are considering doing research at work or as a student, or if you are looking for a contemporary book on how research can be done in business settings, David Gray's Doing research in the real world would be an excellent...

Encyclopedia of Stem Cell Research (2 Vol.Set)

Sage Publications, 2008

What is a stem cell? We have a basic working definition, but the way we observe a stem cell function in a dish may not represent how it functions in a living organism. Only this is clear: Stem cells are the engine room of multicelluar organisms-both plants and animals. However, controversies, breakthroughs, and frustration continue to swirl in...

Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science

Sage Publications, 2007

“Most of the topics in this encyclopedia will remain important for years to come. Many of the topics here are germane to geography such as the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem, spatial autocorrelation, mental maps, and scale. For these reasons as well as for its sheer readability and usefulness, I believe that...

Understanding and Using Advanced Statistics: A Practical Guide for Students

Sage Publications, 2006

Foster and colleagues provide basic understanding and knowledge of some statistical procedures being increasingly used in numerous diverse real-life situations; this volume particularly addresses problems in the social sciences...This is an interesting book with complex statistical procedures in a simple, easy-to-understand style. It should appeal...

Doing Statistics With SPSS

Sage Publications, 2002

Doing Statistics With SPSS is derived from the authors' many years of experience teaching undergraduates data handling using SPSS. It assumes no prior understanding beyond that of basic mathematical operations and is therefore suitable for anyone undertaking an introductory statistics course as part of a science based...

The Network Society: Social Aspects of New Media

Sage Publications, 2005

The last three decades have witnessed a dramatic acceleration in the use, demand, and need for telecommunications, data communication, and mass communication transmitted and integrated into networks. Through a synthesis of contemporary theories about modernization, this book offers a broad-ranging introduction to the 'network' society in all its...

Understanding Digital Games

Sage Publications, 2006

The aim of this book is to satisfy the need for a single accessible textbook which offers a broad introduction to the range of literatures and approaches currently contributing to digital game research. Each of the chapters outline key theoretical perspectives, theorists, and literatures to demonstrate their relevance to, and use in, the study of...

The Business and Culture of Digital Games: Gamework and Gameplay

Sage Publications, 2006

"Fusing digital technologies and cultural creativity, exploiting global networks of production and distribution with little regulation and embodying the liberal ideas of individual choice and agency, digital games seem to epitomize global post-industrial neo-liberal cultural products. Kerr finds reality a bit more complex. For all their...

Implementing and Managing eGovernment: An International Text

Sage Publications, 2005

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Implementing and Managing eGovernment fills an important gap. It provides comprehensive coverage of the e-government issues faced by managers, consultants and other practitioners.

Richard Heeks draws on international examples to guide readers through...

Encyclopedia of White-Collar & Corporate Crime (Multi-Volume Set)

Sage Publications, 2004

With more than 500 entries (including up-to-date information on such high profile cases as Martha Stewart and Enron), the Encyclopedia of White-Collar & Corporate Crime gathers history, definitions, examples, investigation, prosecution, assessments, challenges, and projections into one definitive reference work on the topic. The Encyclopedia...

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