Casting the Net: Surveying an Internet Population

By Christine B. Smith. J. Comput. Mediat. Commun., 2006

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Subfields: Communication, Information Systems and Management, Sociology and Political Science

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Electronic Survey Methodology: A Case Study in Reaching Hard-to-Involve Internet Users (2003, methodology): “Follow-up reminder e-mails appear to spike participation (Sheehan & Hoy, 1999; Smith, 1997).”
Bullies Move Beyond the Schoolyard (2006, methodology): “An electronic format was selected as it allows for efficiency in collecting data from a large number of participants (Couper, 2000; McCoy & Marks, 2001; Smith, 1997).”
Consumer acceptance of virtual stores: a theoretical model and critical success factors for virtual stores (2004, methodology): “Following the guidelines from Smith, (1997) , the survey Web site was designed to have high usability to improve the response rate and accuracy.”
Assessing Response Rates and Nonresponse Bias in Web and Paper Surveys (2003, background): “Individuals may harbor suspicions about online survey administration and may have concerns about confidentiality that discourage participation (Smith, 1997).”
Age differences in perceptions of online community participation among non-users: An extension of the Technology Acceptance Model (2010, background): “Despite some weaknesses of online surveys (see Sheehan, 2001; Smith, 1997; Thompson, Surface, Martin, & Sanders, 2003), the fact that Internet connection and use are required for any potential members of an online community makes it appropriate to use an online survey for data collection.”
A Comparison of Web and Mail Survey Response Rates (2004, background): “Although some studies of electronic surveys show increased response rates from increased e-mail contacts (e.g., Mehta and Sivadas 1995; Smith 1997), only one study appears to have touched on the use of surface mail prenotice, paper questionnaires, and/or surface mail reminder contacts with…”
Using Web Surveys to Reach Community College Students: An Analysis of Response Rates and Response Bias (2008, background): “Other methodological challenges include concerns about data security, which could lead to nonresponse (Smith, 1997), and human subjects guidelines that may be unclear about online research (Hamilton, 1999).”
Innovations in Survey Research (2002, background): “” Watt (1998) and Abrams and Williams (1996) also encountered problems with self-selectivity.”
Uses and Gratifications Theory in the 21st Century (2000, methodology): “However, as we invent more sophisticated methods of tracking users and become more familiar with their demographics, generalizability to well-studied segments of the overall population should become less problematic (Smith, 1997).”