Mobile Phones and other ICTs for Survey Data Collection Session on the occasion of the 7th International Conference of the Research Committee on Logic and Methodology of the International Sociological Association (ISA) hosted in Naples (Italy) September 1-5, 2008 Conference homepage: http://www.rc332008.unina.it/ Deadline for the submission of abstracts to the session organizer: February 11, 2008. The technological advancements on the wireless communication market have influenced people’s everyday life dramatically. Mobile phones and other wireless communications devices are becoming more and more popular and widely accepted. In developed countries the mobile penetration is approaching to the saturation. Many of those mobile phones offer Internet access and video telephony, thus, allow researcher to approach potential respondent using multiple modes. This offers many challenges and opportunities to expand the existing options of the telephone survey methodology. However, at the same time many methodological problems arise, from coverage, sampling, non-response to measurement error. Papers on a variety of methodological topics are invited. Among others-but not exclusively, the following topics would be suitable for the session: experiences with surveys using mobile phones and other mobile devices in different countries, surveys conducted over messenger systems and voice-over-IP shall. Please send abstracts of around 250 (max. 500) words to the session organizer by February 11, 2008. Contact: Prof. Dr. Marek Fuchs University of Kassel Social Science Department Nora-Platiel-Str. 1 34109 Kassel Germany marek.fuchs@uni-kassel.de -------------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://www.uni-kassel.de/www-mail