What is internet research?
Internet research encompasses inquiry that:
(a) utilizes the internet to collect data or information, e.g., through online interviews, surveys,
archiving, or automated means of data scraping;
(b) studies how people use and access the internet, e.g., through collecting and observing
activities or participating on social network sites, listservs, web sites, blogs, games, virtual
worlds, or other online environments or contexts;
(c) utilizes or engages in data processing, analysis, or storage of datasets, databanks, and/or
repositories available via the.
(d) studies software, code, and internet technologies
(e) examines the design or structures of systems, interfaces, pages, and
(f) employs visual and textual analysis, semiotic analysis, content analysis, or other methods
of analysis to study the web and/or internet-facilitated images, writings, and media forms.
(g) studies large scale production, use, and regulation of the internet by governments,
industries, corporations, and military forces.
