Editing Internet research (section)

{{Short description|Using Internet-based information or resources in research}}
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In its widest sense, '''Internet research''' comprises any kind of [[research]] done on the [[Internet]] or the [[World Wide Web]].<ref>{{Cite web| last = Jordan| first = Ragnor| title = What is Internet Research?| access-date = 2025-05-02| url = https://aofirs.org/articles/what-is-internet-research}}</ref> Unlike simple [[fact-checking]] or [[web scraping]], it often involves synthesizing from diverse sources and verifying the credibility of each.<ref>{{Cite journal| doi = 10.3366/ijhac.2016.0162| issn = 1753-8548| volume = 10| issue = 1| pages = 95–109| last = Black| first = Michael L.| title = The World Wide Web as Complex Data Set: Expanding the Digital Humanities into the Twentieth Century and Beyond through Internet Research| journal = International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing| access-date = 2025-05-02| date = 2016-03-01| url = https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10.3366/ijhac.2016.0162| url-access = subscription}}</ref> In a stricter sense, "Internet research" refers to conducting scientific research using [[Online and offline |online]] tools and techniques; the discipline that studies Internet research thus understood is known as [[online research methods]] or [[Internet-mediated research]]. As with other kinds of scientific research,<ref>{{Cite journal| doi = 10.1177/1747016116650720| issn = 1747-0161| volume = 13| issue = 3-4| pages = 184–199| last1 = Sugiura| first1 = Lisa| last2 = Wiles| first2 = Rosemary| last3 = Pope| first3 = Catherine| title = Ethical challenges in online research: Public/private perceptions| journal = Research Ethics| access-date = 2025-05-03| date = 2017-07-01| url = https://doi.org/10.1177/1747016116650720}}</ref> it involves an [[Internet research ethics |ethical dimension]].<ref>{{Cite website |edition= Winter 2023 |publisher= Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University |editor1= Edward N. Zalta |editor2= Uri Nodelman |last1= Buchanan |first1= Elizabeth A. |last2= Zimmer |first2= Michael |website= The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy |title= Internet Research Ethics |access-date= 2025-05-03 |date= 2023 |url= https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2023/entries/ethics-internet-research/}}</ref> Internet research can also be interpreted as the part of [[Internet studies]] that investigates the social, ethical, economic, managerial and political implications of the Internet.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Internet Research |date = 2025-05-02| url = https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/intr |quote=Internet Research is an international, refereed journal that aims to describe, assess and foster understanding of the role of wide-area, multi-purpose computer networks such as the Internet.}}</ref>