Qualitative social science research can be conducted in online for a such as list serves, chat rooms, and the like, but it poses a number of novel questions of research methodology and ethics. Johns (communication/linguistics, Luther College), Chen (mass communication, U. of Northern Iowa), and Hall (emeritus, communication studies, U. of Northern Iowa) present 16 papers exploring a number of these issues for a range of Internet media, including support group USENETs, MUD virtual worlds, and the like. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
