International Journal of Internet Science

A peer reviewed open access journal for empirical findings, methodology, and theory of social and behavioral science concerning the Internet and its implications for individuals, social groups, organizations, and society.

WEBDATANET: Innovation and Quality in Web-Based Data Collection
Stephanie Steinmetz¹, Ana Slavec², Kea Tijdens³, Ulf-Dietrich Reips⁴, Pablo de Pedraza⁵, Alina Popescu⁶, Ana Belchior⁷, ..., Yavor Markov^8
1University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, ²University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, ³University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, ⁴University of Konstanz, Germany, ⁵Universidad de Salamanca, Spain, ⁶Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Romania, ⁷ISCTE-IUL, Portugal, ..., ⁸STRATEGMA Agency Ltd., Bulgaria

Summary: In light of the growing importance of web-based data in the social and behavioral sciences, WEBDATANET was established in 2011 as a COST Action (IS 1004) to create a multidisciplinary network of web-based data collection experts: (web) survey methodologists, psychologists, sociologists, linguists, economists, Internet scientists, media and public opinion researchers. The aim was to accumulate and synthesize knowledge regarding methodological issues of web-based data collection (surveys, experiments, tests, non-reactive data, and mobile Internet research), and foster its scientific usage in a broader community.

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