Reading group

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Permalink Reply by Aliya on January 3, 2013 at 10:43

Here are some of the recommendations that appear elsewhere on the page gathered together in one place!

• Facebook, Daniel Miller
• Invisible Users, Jenna Burrell
• Digital Anthropology, eds. Horst and Miller
• Netnography: Doing ethnographic research online, Robert Kozinets
• Duoethnography, Richard D Sawyer and Joe Norris
• Online Interviews in Real Time, Janet Salmons
• Cases in Online Interview Research, Janet Salmons

Permalink Reply by Aliya on January 7, 2013 at 14:47

"Many were engaged in deeply immersive, social experiences in a virtual space. Their physical presence in the café became muted and hollow. These social experiences were frustratingly difficult for me to observe as a researcher, materialized primarily as scrolling text in a small window..."

From: Burrell, J., 2009. ‘The Field Site as a Network: A Strategy for Locating Ethnographic Research’ [online]. London: Sage. Available from: http://fmx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/21/2/181, p.188

Permalink Reply by Aliya on March 4, 2013 at 14:19

At the moment I'm reading Ethnography and Virtual Worlds: A Handbook of Method by Boellstorff, Nardi, Pearce, and Taylor. It's worth a look.

Permalink Reply by Ali Messer on April 5, 2013 at 9:48

Hi Aliya

worth a look because ...? I am also interested in this area.

Ali

Permalink Reply by Aliya on April 8, 2013 at 8:55

Hey Ali

Thanks for your question! It's a handbook so it's pretty good for anyone looking for practical advice. The editor, Tom Boellstorff, is author of a famous ethnography of a virtual world Coming of Age in Second Life and is respected in this field so it's cool to read his thoughts. He also makes a good case for why ethnography is important for understanding online activity at the beginning of the book, which I thought was interesting to read.

A