Social Media, Sociality, and Survey Research

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank and acknowledge the following people for their contributions to this book: Ian Conlon, for review and comment on draft chapters; Laura Small, for copyediting support; John Holloway, for graphics coordination; Rebecca Powell, for data management and data analysis assistance; and Jodi Swicegood, for literature review assistance. We also want to thank RTI International for its support.

Tayo Jolaoso (RTI) developed the sociality hierarchy graphic in Chapter 1. In Chapter 3, the Kaiser Family Foundation provided public opinion poll data. Sarah Cho, Liz Hamel, and Mollyann Brodie of the Kaiser Family Foundation provided valuable feedback on an early draft of the chapter. The authors of Chapter 5 would like to acknowledge contributions made by Fred Conrad, of the Joint Program in Survey Methodology, to the avatar similarity instrument content and cognitive interview study design. The authors of Chapter 6 would like to acknowledge the vital work of John Holloway, who designed and developed the coin toss mechanism that was used in Second Life.