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  title info:
    title: Ethnographies in online environments
  name:
    name part: Hine, Christine.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Atkinson, Paul
    name part: 1947-
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Delamont, Sara
    name part: 1947-
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Cernat, Alexandru
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Sakshaug, Joseph W.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Williams, Richard A.
    name part: active 2020
    role:
      role term: editor.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2020
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: This entry begins by outlining the evolution of ethnographic approaches to the Internet, reviewing the methodological challenges inherent in transferring ethnography's focus on participant observation to online interactions. It is argued that ethnography continues to make a significant contribution to the understanding of the Internet through its in-depth focus on lived experience, even in the face of emerging big data approaches that promise larger scale overviews of social activity. Ethnography in online spaces brings with it challenges in achieving effective presence in the field, making judgements about authenticity, and acting ethically in relation to participants. As the Internet has developed, a complex and interconnected array of social media platforms and other online spaces has emerged. Ethnographers have adapted to this complexity, and to the increasing embedding of online activities into everyday life, by developing research designs that move beyond individual online spaces and combine offline and online field sites within a single research design. Mixed-methods designs have also emerged, combining the in-depth immersion of an ethnographic approach with a form of quantitative big data approach to map patterns and situate detailed observations. Autoethnographic approaches have also become popular as a means to reflect on the experience of inhabiting online space and moving between different modes of interaction. The entry concludes with a review of some challenges on the horizon for ethnography applied to a digital environment, including proprietary ownership of online platforms and the emergence of the Internet of Things.
  target audience: specialized
  note: by Christine Hine ; edited by Paul Atkinson, Sara Delamont, Alexandru Cernat, Joseph W. Sakshaug & Richard A. Williams.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Sociology
  subject:
    topic: Sociologie
  subject:
    topic: sociology
  subject:
    topic: Sociology
  classification: HM585
  classification: 301.0122
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Ethnography
  identifier: 9781529746075
  identifier: 1529746078
  identifier: 9781526421036
  identifier: 1526421038
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  record info:
    record content source: SGPBL
    record creation date: 201001
    record change date: 20240923170140.6
    record identifier: in00005492844
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng