An Analysis of Research Articles on Sociology of the Internet in an International Academic Journal
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This document research aimed to analyze the research methodology and content in the research articles on sociology of the internet in an international academic journal. The data were purposively collected from 74 research articles published in Internet Research, Vol.30 No.1-6, 2020, and were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and content analysis. The findings revealed that 1) most of the research articles were quantitative research which was survey research (64.9%), collected data from more than 500 samples (28.4%), and analyzed the main research data by using inferential statistics (78.4%), and structural equation modeling (53.8%). In addition, 2) most of the research articles were about internet and organizations or economic institutions (47.3%), internet and time use, community, and social capital (43.2%), internet and cultural participation or cultural diversity (6.8%), and internet and political participation (2.7%) respectively. Each issue has presented new research findings and state-of- the art methodologies which can be applied to research and work in Thai social context and community.
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