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Introduction
Thefinalpartofthebook,OnlineSurveysMethodology,raisesissuesof
methodologicalnature.TomaszRowińskiandJanCieciuchattendtotheimpor-
tantproblemofequivalencemeasurementinonlineresearch.Thisseemstobe
essentialforusingtheresultsoftheresearchconductedonlinetoupdatescientific
knowledge,whichisstillgenerallyobtainedbypaper-and-pencilprocedures.
Theauthorsproposeaprocedureofmulti-groupconfirmatoryfactoranalysisin
theinvariancemeasurement.
ThebookbeginswithsomegeneralcommentsbyZbigniewZaleski,who
showsthetopicoftheInternetfromtheperspectiveofanaverageuser.Thearticle
aboundsinpersonalexperiencesandreflections.Theauthormentionsthreatsas
wellasunlimitedoptionsconnectedwiththeemergenceoftheInternet.
Wewouldliketothankalltheauthorsfortheirvaluablecontributionand
fruitfulcooperation.Itisthankstothemthatthechaptersinthisvolumerepre-
sentanexceptionallyhighlevelofscientificprofessionalismandmethodological
excellence.Thearticlescorrespondtothemajorthemesobservableintheareaof
Internetpsychology.Wearealsoverythankfultothereviewers,whohaveof-
feredmanyconstructivecommentsregardingtheshapeofthisbook.
Thebookistargetedatawideaudience,bothacademicandnon-academic.
Aboveall,itmayprovehelpfulforresearchers,students,andpractitioners.We
areconvincedthatthisvolumewillbeofinterestnotonlytopsychologistsbut
alsotosociologists,teachers,educationalists,educators,orcomputerscientists.
Wedohopethatitwillinspirefurtherresearchexpandinganddeepeningour
knowledgeabouttheInternetandrelatedphenomena.
AGATABŁACHNIO
ANETAPRZEPIÓRKA
TOMASZROWIŃSKI
