Social Science Computer Review

Volume 26, No. 3

Fall 2008

Table of Contents

Bloggers at the Gates: Ned Lamont, Blogs, and the Rise of Insurgent Candidates / Kevin A Pirch

Voters, MySpace and YouTube: The Impact of Alternative Communication Channels on the 2006 Election Cycle and Beyond / Vassia Gueorguieva

Grid Computing and Qualitative Social Science / Nigel G. Fielding

Deterrence and Digital Piracy: A Preliminary Examination of the Role of Viruses / Scott E. Wolfe, George E. Higgins, Catherine D. Marcum

The Historical Influence of Computer Use at Work on Income in the Late Twentieth Century / Sylvia E. Peacock

Teamwork Involving Qualitative Data Analysis Software: Striking a Balance between Research Ideals and Pragmatics / Chih Hoong Sin

The Length of Responses to Open-ended Questions: A Comparison of Online and Paper Questionnaires in Terms of a Mode Effect / Martyn Denscombe

Max Weber and Alfred Schutz: The Theoretical And Methodological Background of the Case-Oriented Quantification Approach Behind winMAX? / Olivier Colins, Eric Broekaert, Stijn Vandevelde, Geert Van Hove

Reports and Communications

Emoticons and online message interpretation / Daantje Derks, Arjan E. R. Bos, & Jasper von Grumbkow

Book Reviews

Global Politics in the Information Age by M. J. Lacy and P. Wilkin. Manchester / Reviewed by Lucas Walsh

Computer Ethics by John Weckert / Reviewed by Hakikur Rahman