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Context effects in Web surveys
No full textThe quality of data collection on the Internet depends in part on potentially biasing
surface characteristics of Web pages, such as pop-up menus. Also, answering behavior
to survey questions is highly sensitive to cognitive contexts evoked by other
survey questions. A Web experiment with two experimental phases is used to identify
six potentially biasing factors. Manipulations of scale type, reading directionality,
cursor entry position, question order, and – in contrast to findings from offline research
– type of numerical labeling do not show effects. However, it is shown that it
makes a difference whether survey questions are presented together on one Web page
or separately on consecutive Web pages. Results are discussed with regard to general
as well as online specific implications for the design of survey instruments and multiple
response scales
Datenautobahn nutzen: Formen der internetgestützten Datenerhebung
No full textEine der interessantesten und bereicherndsten methodischen
Entwicklungen der psychologischen Forschung ist die Datenerhebung im Internet, sagt FSPPsychologe Ulf-Dietrich Reips. Er beschreibt die verschiedenen Methoden der internetgestützten Datenerhebung und deren Vorteile
Potenziale jenseits der Privatsphäre: Risiken und Chancen internetbasierter Kommunikation
No full textDer Psychologe Ulf-Dietrich Reips erforscht schwerpunktmässig das Phänomen der internetbasierten Kommunikation. In seinem Fachartikel wägt er unter anderem die Vorteile anonymisierter Kommunikation mit den Nachteilen einer gefährdeten Privatsphäre ab.
Les résultats de la recherche menée, en partenariat, par le psychologue zurichois Ulf-Dietrich Reips montrent que la communication via l’internet érode la sphère privée de nombreuses personnes à un point qu’il était impossible d’imaginer il n’y a pas si longtemps. D’un autre côté, ce mode de communication, qui s’est imposé si naturellement dans les 15 dernières années, ouvre aussi des perspectives nouvelles et fructueuses pour la recherche et la thérapie, ce qu’illustre apparemment une expérience réalisée par l’auteur dans le monde virtuel «Second Life». On y trouve confirmation, pour un avatar manipulé par les chercheurs, que les peaux claires attirent plus – en termes de distance – que leurs avatars à peau foncée. Par son caractère anonyme, la communication sur la Toile ouvre en revanche des perspectives intéressantes pour les groupes d’auto-assistance en ligne dans les cas de stigmatisation de particularités physiques, psychologiques ou sociales
Studying the Internet : a challenge for modern psychology
No full textIn the past 25 years, the Internet has developed from a modest military data network into a communication space frequented by more than 10 percent of the world's population, a majority of which are from industrialized countries such as the EU, Canada, Finland, Switzerland and the US (http://www.nua.ie). The psychological study of Internet usage has, over the same time span, evolved from being a study of fringe phenomena to being the study of an important and pervasive aspect of everyday life. There are several forms in which the Internet is relevant to psychology. The aim of the current special issue of the Swiss Journal of Psychology is to provide a forum for these new developments in psychological research. Indeed the research in this issue focuses on each of these three dimensions: a) studying the Internet as an object in itself, focusing in particular on its social-psychological implications, b) introducing new research methods and tools that enable us to do research in this environment, and c) using the Internet as a laboratory for gathering data about a wide range of topics which are usually studied only in the traditional psychology labs.publishe
High impact of a start-up journal: Surprisingly so?
No full textWith the third volume of the International Journal of Internet Science the journal impact factor can now be estimated with increased reliability. For 2008 it will be at 1.64 or higher, based on estimates from citations to the 2006 articles it could turn out as high as 2.83. International Journal of Internet Science's immediacy (2006: 1.17; 2007: 0.71) is unmatched by direct competitors, and even by prestigious journals like the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (0.40)
Web 2.0, Internet 2.1?
No full textWelcome to issue 2.0 of the International Journal of Internet Science. The "2" is meant to mark a distinct event, even though articles in the International Journal of Internet Science are continuously uploaded to our "in press" section, as soon as they have been reviewed, editorially lettered, revised, copy edited, and cleared for publication. The continuous flow of the publication process and its matching companion, seamless technologies for Internet-based Open Access publishing, seem to render any distinct "editions" unnecessary. However, now, as the technologies and procedures are in place, we realize: there are no Internet-based Open Access journals without distinct editions (Directory of Open Access Journals, 2007).publishe
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