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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... relationship between mediated interaction , social organization and space - time is thought - provoking . History suggests that technological developments can have far - reaching cultural implications for the lived experience of space ...
... relationship between mediated interaction , social organization and space - time is thought - provoking . History suggests that technological developments can have far - reaching cultural implications for the lived experience of space ...
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... relationships which are enacted in its use . Postmodern theorists have it that the foundations of modernity are ... relationship between technologies and societies . Even Webster , in advocating social theory , does however acknowledge ...
... relationships which are enacted in its use . Postmodern theorists have it that the foundations of modernity are ... relationship between technologies and societies . Even Webster , in advocating social theory , does however acknowledge ...
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... relationships in time and space ? Is this different to the ways in which ' real life ' is organized , and if so , how do users reconcile the two ? What are the implications of the Internet for authenticity and auth- ority ? How are ...
... relationships in time and space ? Is this different to the ways in which ' real life ' is organized , and if so , how do users reconcile the two ? What are the implications of the Internet for authenticity and auth- ority ? How are ...
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... relationship between the experience of the ethnographer and the ethnography as a written product, on the reflexive shaping of the ethnographic project, and on the construction of the ethno- graphic object provides some useful hints for ...
... relationship between the experience of the ethnographer and the ethnography as a written product, on the reflexive shaping of the ethnographic project, and on the construction of the ethno- graphic object provides some useful hints for ...
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... relationships which emerged. Users of the Internet make their practices meaningful through the shared under ... relationship between the technology of the Internet and social relations in time and space. Web page authors make their pages ...
... relationships which emerged. Users of the Internet make their practices meaningful through the shared under ... relationship between the technology of the Internet and social relations in time and space. Web page authors make their pages ...
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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