Virtual EthnographySAGE Publications Ltd, 2000 M04 4 - 192 pages 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. |
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... boundaries between human and machine and between reality and virtuality as post- modern phenomena . In the Internet postmodernity seems to have found its object , in an ' anything goes ' world where people and machines , truth and ...
... boundaries between human and machine and between reality and virtuality as post- modern phenomena . In the Internet postmodernity seems to have found its object , in an ' anything goes ' world where people and machines , truth and ...
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... ' the virtual ' experienced as radically different from and separate from ' the real ' ? Is there a boundary between online and offline ? I set out to explore these questions through an ethnographic 8 Virtual Ethnography.
... ' the virtual ' experienced as radically different from and separate from ' the real ' ? Is there a boundary between online and offline ? I set out to explore these questions through an ethnographic 8 Virtual Ethnography.
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... boundaries. Ethnographers have often settled for studying either online or offline contexts. To combine the two requires a rethinking of the rela- tionship between ethnography and space, to take account of the Internet as both culture ...
... boundaries. Ethnographers have often settled for studying either online or offline contexts. To combine the two requires a rethinking of the rela- tionship between ethnography and space, to take account of the Internet as both culture ...
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... boundary. Chapter 6 explores the `problem of authenticity' which is often associated with the Internet. Reliance on mediated communication is often thought of as posing a problem in determining the reliability of statements and the ...
... boundary. Chapter 6 explores the `problem of authenticity' which is often associated with the Internet. Reliance on mediated communication is often thought of as posing a problem in determining the reliability of statements and the ...
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... boundaries (Jones, 1995; Watson, 1997). There are, however, critics who suggest that these formations are far from constituting a community as generally understood. Their concern is with the level of commitment and responsibility which ...
... boundaries (Jones, 1995; Watson, 1997). There are, however, critics who suggest that these formations are far from constituting a community as generally understood. Their concern is with the level of commitment and responsibility which ...
Contents
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3 The Virtual Objects of Ethnography | 41 |
4 The Making of a Virtual Ethnography | 67 |
5 Time Space and Technology | 83 |
6 Authenticity and Identity in Internet Contexts | 118 |
7 Reflection | 147 |
Glossary of Internet Terms | 157 |
References | 163 |
Index | 175 |
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