Virtual Ethnography

Informationen zum Autor Christine Hine is a reader in sociology in the Department of Sociology at the University of Surrey. Her main research centres on the sociology of science and technology with a particular interest in the role played by new technologies in the knowledge production process. She also has a major interest in the development of ethnography in technical settings, and in “virtual methods” (the use of the Internet for social research). In particular, she has developed mobile and connective approaches to ethnography which combine online and offline social contexts. She is the author of Virtual Ethnography (SAGE Publications, 2000), Systematics as Cyberscience (MIT, 2008), Understanding Qualitative Research: The Internet (Oxford, 2012), and Ethnography for the Internet (Bloomsbury, 2015) and the editor of Virtual Methods (Berg, 2005), New Infrastructures for Knowledge Production (Information Science Publishing, 2006), and Virtual Research Methods (SAGE Publications, 2012). Klappentext `This book reflects scholarly dedication to enlarging the discussion on the nature and role of the internet, and provides insight into how ethnographic methodologies can be adapted creatively to research into modern electronic forms of communication.' - International Journal of Market Research Zusammenfassung `This book reflects scholarly dedication to enlarging the discussion on the nature and role of the internet, and provides insight into how ethnographic methodologies can be adapted creatively to research into modern electronic forms of communication.' - International Journal of Market Research Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Internet as Culture and Cultural Artefact The Virtual Objects of Ethnography The Making of a Virtual Ethnography Time, Space and Technology Authenticity and Identity in Internet Contexts Reflection ...

Product details

• Authors: Christine Hine, Christine M Hine, Christine M. Hine
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.04.2000
• EAN: 9780761958956
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-5895-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Ethical & social aspects of IT, Physical anthropology, COMPUTERS / Social Aspects, Internet Guides & Online Services, Internet guides and online services, COMPUTERS / Internet / Web Services & APIs, Cultural Theory;Sociological Research Methods