Internet Inquiry takes readers into the minds of top internet researchers as they discuss how they have worked through critical challenges as they research online social environments. Rather than providing single "how to" answers, this book presents distinctive and divergent viewpoints on how to think about and conduct qualitative internet studies. The various chapters illustrate that good research choices are not random but are deliberate, studied, and internally consistent.

Introduction: Making Smart Choices on Shifting Ground - Nancy Baym, Annette Markham
1. How can qualitative internet researchers define the boundaries of their projects? - Christine Hine, Lori Kendall, danah boyd
2. How can researchers make sense of the issues involved in collecting and interpreting online and offline data? - Shani Orgad, Maria Bakardjieva, Radhika Gajjala
3. How do various notions of privacy influence decisions in qualitative internet research? - Malin Sveningsson Elm, Elizabeth A. Buchanan, Susannah R. Stern
4. How do issues of gender and sexuality influence the structures and processes of qualitative internet research? - Lori Kendall, Jenny Sunden, John Edward Campbell
5. How can qualitative researchers produce work that is meaningful across time, space, and culture? - Annette Markham, Elaine Lally, Ramesh Srinivasan
6. What constitutes quality in qualitative internet research? - Nancy Baym, Annette Markham