The advent of the Internet and the widespread acceptance of online communications has expanded the potential modes of data collection. Using the Internet to collect data is a new and potentially useful addition to regular research methods. It provides a new horizon for the researcher and it is likely that the Internet will decisively shape the nature of psychological research.
Studies done to determine whether data collected over the Internet are equivalent to traditional data collection methods have tended to find support in favor of Internet research. There are many instances in which Internet research can be an appropriate data collection tool