商品簡介
In the 23 chapters of this book, international contributors in such diverse areas as urban planning, marketing, psychology, economics, and information systems provide an overview of current and emerging online research methods in the field of urban and planning studies. The book's organization progresses from data collection and data analysis methods through archiving and publication of research outcomes, and ethical and legal considerations associated with research in digital and online environments. There is special focus on methods for conducting interviews, with material on infrastructure for processing online survey data in urban and planning studies, online qualitative interviews, email interviews, designing an instant messaging program for conducting interviews, and video-enhanced self-administered computer interviews. Other areas explored include brainstorming in virtual teams and empirical research methods in virtual worlds. Silva is affiliated with the University of Lisbon, Portugal. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
