2021/03/11 by Venera Tomaselli, Sebastiano Battiato, Alessandro Ortis +4
Social Sciences · #Digital Marketing and Social Media #Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods #Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
paper · doi:10.1177/0894439321994218
openalex publication_date 2021/03/11 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
This article reviews contemporary issues in survey research, connecting established methods to innovative tools and technologies like real-time sensors and computer vision. This link takes into account the idea about the “organical” nature of Big Data, which represents a challenge toward a modernization of population studies in the light of technological innovations. The adopted dominant paradigm of data gathering is web survey (computer-assisted web interviewing), which is explored through the formalization of chain-referral methods as respondent-driven sampling. The general orientation is toward a computational social science approach. Weaknesses of such methodology is studied and solutions are provided with insights from empirical research on panel management. Contribution from gamification techniques is critically discussed.