Ethnography For The Internet

Author : Christine Hine
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 100018966X
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethnography for the Internet written by Christine Hine and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-11 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The internet has become embedded into our daily lives, no longer an esoteric phenomenon, but instead an unremarkable way of carrying out our interactions with one another. Online and offline are interwoven in everyday experience. Using the internet has become accepted as a way of being present in the world, rather than a means of accessing some discrete virtual domain. Ethnographers of these contemporary Internet-infused societies consequently find themselves facing serious methodological dilemmas: where should they go, what should they do there and how can they acquire robust knowledge about what people do in, through and with the internet?This book presents an overview of the challenges faced by ethnographers who wish to understand activities that involve the internet. Suitable for both new and experienced ethnographers, it explores both methodological principles and practical strategies for coming to terms with the definition of field sites, the connections between online and offline and the changing nature of embodied experience. Examples are drawn from a wide range of settings, including ethnographies of scientific institutions, television, social media and locally based gift-giving networks.

Author : Daniel Miller
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000181030
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Internet written by Daniel Miller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-22 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pathbreaking book is the first to provide a rigorous and comprehensive examination of Internet culture and consumption. A rich ethnography of Internet use, the book offers a sustained account not just of being online, but of the social, political and cultural contexts which account for the contemporary Internet experience. From cybercafes to businesses, from middle class houses to squatters settlements, from the political economy of Internet provision to the development of ecommerce, the authors have gathered a wealth of material based on fieldwork in Trinidad. Looking at the full range of Internet media -- including websites, email and chat -- the book brings out unforeseen consequences and contradictions in areas as varied as personal relations, commerce, nationalism, sex and religion. This is the first book-length treatment of the impact of the Internet on a particular region. By focusing on one place, it demonstrates the potential for a comprehensive approach to new media. It points to the future direction of Internet research, proposing a detailed agenda for comparative ethnographic study of the cultural significance and effects of the Internet in modern society. Clearly written for the non-specialist reader, it offers a detailed account of the complex integration between on-line and off-line worlds. An innovative tie-in with the book's own website provides copious illustrations amounting to over 2,000 web-pages that bring the material right to your computer.

Author : Sarah Pink
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1473943132
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Digital Ethnography written by Sarah Pink and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2015-10-09 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lecturers, request your electronic inspection copy This sharp, innovative book champions the rising significance of ethnographic research on the use of digital resources around the world. It contextualises digital and pre-digital ethnographic research and demonstrates how the methodological, practical and theoretical dimensions are increasingly intertwined. Digital ethnography is central to our understanding of the social world; it can shape methodology and methods, and provides the technological tools needed to research society. The authoritative team of authors clearly set out how to research localities, objects and events as well as providing insights into exploring individuals’ or communities’ lived experiences, practices and relationships. The book: Defines a series of central concepts in this new branch of social and cultural research Challenges existing conceptual and analytical categories Showcases new and innovative methods Theorises the digital world in new ways Encourages us to rethink pre-digital practices, media and environments This is the ideal introduction for anyone intending to conduct ethnographic research in today’s digital society.

Author : Christine Hine
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1847876498
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Virtual Ethnography written by Christine Hine and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2000-04-04 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cutting though the exaggerated and fanciful beliefs about the new possibilities of `net life′, Hine produces a distinctive understanding of the significance of the Internet and addresses such questions as: what challenges do the new technologies of communication pose for research methods? Does the Internet force us to rethink traditional categories of `culture′ and `society′? In this compelling and thoughtful book, Hine shows that the Internet is both a site for cultural formations and a cultural artefact which is shaped by people′s understandings and expectations. The Internet requires a new form of ethnography. The author considers the shape of this new ethnography and guides readers through its application in multiple settings.

Author : Robert V Kozinets
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1848606451
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Netnography written by Robert V Kozinets and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2010 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With as many as 1 billion people now using online communities such as newsgroups, blogs, forums, social networking sites, podcasting, videocasting, photosharing communities, and virtual worlds, the internet is now an important site for research. This exciting new text is the first to explore the discipline of 'Netnography' - the conduct of ethnography over the internet - a method specifically designed to study cultures and communities online. For the first time, full procedural guidelines for the accurate and ethical conduct of ethnographic research online are set out, with detailed, step-by-step guidance to thoroughly introduce, explain, and illustrate the method to students and researchers. The author also surveys the latest research on online cultures and communities, focusing on the methods used to study them, with examples focusing on the new elements and contingencies of the blogosphere (blogging), microblogging, videocasting, podcasting, social networking sites, virtual worlds and more. This book will be essential reading for researchers and students in social sciences such as anthropology, sociology, marketing and consumer research, organization and management studies and cultural and media studies.

Author : John Postill
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 0857451987
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Localizing the Internet written by John Postill and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2011-08-30 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internet activism is playing a crucial role in the democratic reform happening across many parts of Southeast Asia. Focusing on Subang Jaya, a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, this study offers an in-depth examination of the workings of the Internet at the local level. In fact, Subang Jaya is regarded as Malaysia's electronic governance laboratory. The author explores its field of residential affairs, a digitally mediated social field in which residents, civil servants, politicians, online journalists and other social agents struggle over how the locality is to be governed at the dawn of the 'Information Era'. Drawing on the field theories of both Pierre Bourdieu and the Manchester School of political anthropology, this study challenges the unquestioned predominance of 'network' and 'community' as the two key sociation concepts in contemporary Internet studies. The analysis extends field theory in four new directions, namely the complex articulations between personal networking and social fields, the uneven diffusion and circulation of new field technologies and contents, intra- and inter-field political crises, and the emergence of new forms of residential sociality.

Author : Tom Boellstorff
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691264856
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethnography and Virtual Worlds written by Tom Boellstorff and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2024-08-06 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guide to the ethnographic study of online cultures, and beyond Ethnography and Virtual Worlds is the only book of its kind—a concise, comprehensive, and practical guide for students, teachers, designers, and scholars interested in using ethnographic methods to study online virtual worlds, including both game and nongame environments. Written by leading ethnographers of virtual worlds, and focusing on the key method of participant observation, the book provides invaluable advice, tips, guidelines, and principles to aid researchers through every stage of a project, from choosing an online fieldsite to writing and publishing the results. Provides practical and detailed techniques for ethnographic research customized to reflect the specific issues of online virtual worlds, both game and nongame Draws on research in a range of virtual worlds, including Everquest, Second Life, There.com, and World of Warcraft Provides suggestions for dealing with institutional review boards, human subjects protocols, and ethical issues Guides the reader through the full trajectory of ethnographic research, from research design to data collection, data analysis, and writing up and publishing research results Addresses myths and misunderstandings about ethnographic research, and argues for the scientific value of ethnography

Author : Christine Hine
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199793891
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Internet written by Christine Hine and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the process of writing qualitative Internet research. Covering ethnographic, interview-based, and documentary analysis, The Internet offers clear guidance on applying these approaches to Internet settings

Author : Mannar Indira Srinivasan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788131422052
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethnography and the Internet written by Mannar Indira Srinivasan and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethnography is the study of people and their cultures. Ethnographic research involves observation of and interactions with people or group. The ethnographer focuses on a community (not necessarily geographic) and selects informants who are familiar with t

Author : Annette N. Markham
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 0761990313
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life Online written by Annette N. Markham and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 1998 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Life Online, Annette Markham adopts an ethnographic approach to understanding Internet users by immersing herself in online reality. She finds that to understand how people experience the Internet, she must learn how to be embodied there.