Digital Ethnography

Principles and Practice
Sarah Pink - Monash University, Australia
Heather Horst - University of Sydney, Australia
John Postill - RMIT University, Australia
Larissa Hjorth - RMIT University, Australia
Tania Lewis - RMIT University, Australia
Jo Tacchi - RMIT University, Australia
Digital Ethnography
October 2015 | 216 pages | SAGE UK
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This sharp, innovative book champions the rising significance of ethnographic research on the use of digital resources around the world. It contextualises digital and pre-digital ethnographic research and demonstrates how the methodological, practical and theoretical dimensions are increasingly intertwined.

Digital ethnography is central to our understanding of the social world; it can shape methodology and methods, and provides the technological tools needed to research society. The authoritative team of authors clearly set out how to research localities, objects and events as well as providing insights into exploring individuals’ or communities’ lived experiences, practices and relationships.

The book:

  • Defines a series of central concepts in this new branch of social and cultural research
  • Challenges existing conceptual and analytical categories
  • Showcases new and innovative methods
  • Theorises the digital world in new ways
  • Encourages us to rethink pre-digital practices, media and environments

This is the ideal introduction for anyone intending to conduct ethnographic research in today’s digital society.

 

Contents

Chapter 1: Ethnography in a Digital World

Chapter 1: Ethnography in a Digital World

Chapter 2: Researching Experiences

Chapter 2: Researching Experiences

Chapter 3: Researching Practices

Chapter 3: Researching Practices

Chapter 4: Researching Things

Chapter 4: Researching Things

Chapter 5: Researching Relationships

Chapter 5: Researching Relationships

Chapter 6: Researching Social Worlds

Chapter 6: Researching Social Worlds

Chapter 7: Researching Localities

Chapter 7: Researching Localities

Chapter 8: Researching Events

Chapter 8: Researching Events

Description

This sharp, innovative book champions the rising significance of ethnographic research on the use of digital resources around the world. It contextualises digital and pre-digital ethnographic research and demonstrates how the methodological, practical and theoretical dimensions are increasingly intertwined.

Digital ethnography is central to our understanding of the social world; it can shape methodology and methods, and provides the technological tools needed to research society. The authoritative team of authors clearly set out how to research localities, objects and events as well as providing insights into exploring individuals’ or communities’ lived experiences, practices and relationships.

The book:

  • Defines a series of central concepts in this new branch of social and cultural research
  • Challenges existing conceptual and analytical categories
  • Showcases new and innovative methods
  • Theorises the digital world in new ways
  • Encourages us to rethink pre-digital practices, media and environments

This is the ideal introduction for anyone intending to conduct ethnographic research in today’s digital society.

 

Contents

Chapter 1: Ethnography in a Digital World

Chapter 1: Ethnography in a Digital World

Chapter 2: Researching Experiences

Chapter 2: Researching Experiences

Chapter 3: Researching Practices

Chapter 3: Researching Practices

Chapter 4: Researching Things

Chapter 4: Researching Things

Chapter 5: Researching Relationships

Chapter 5: Researching Relationships

Chapter 6: Researching Social Worlds

Chapter 6: Researching Social Worlds

Chapter 7: Researching Localities

Chapter 7: Researching Localities

Chapter 8: Researching Events

Chapter 8: Researching Events

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Digital Ethnography

Principles and Practice

Sarah Pink , Heather Horst , John Postill , Larissa Hjorth , Tania Lewis , Jo Tacchi
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October 2015 | 216 pages | SAGE UK

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This sharp, innovative book champions the rising significance of ethnographic research on the use of digital resources around the world. It contextualises digital and pre-digital ethnographic research and demonstrates how the methodological, practical and theoretical dimensions are increasingly intertwined.

Digital ethnography is central to our understanding of the social world; it can shape methodology and methods, and provides the technological tools needed to research society. The authoritative team of authors clearly set out how to research localities, objects and events as well as providing insights into exploring individuals’ or communities’ lived experiences, practices and relationships.

The book:

  • Defines a series of central concepts in this new branch of social and cultural research
  • Challenges existing conceptual and analytical categories
  • Showcases new and innovative methods
  • Theorises the digital world in new ways
  • Encourages us to rethink pre-digital practices, media and environments

This is the ideal introduction for anyone intending to conduct ethnographic research in today’s digital society.

 


Table Of Contents:

  • Chapter 1: Ethnography in a Digital World
  • Chapter 2: Researching Experiences
  • Chapter 3: Researching Practices
  • Chapter 4: Researching Things
  • Chapter 5: Researching Relationships
  • Chapter 6: Researching Social Worlds
  • Chapter 7: Researching Localities
  • Chapter 8: Researching Events

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The Digital Ethnography Research Lab to which the book refers is currently performing groundbreaking work on 'data ethnography' that goes very far in answering questions about how ethnographers can effectively deal with 'data' The clear focus of the book on the necessity of studying the materiality (not only the media content, but also the behavior, the usage profiles) of certain media forms, and the various ways in which this can be done, adds an important dimension to discussions about digital communication technologies. In addition, the book also encourages thinking about new ways of empirical research into media materiality in different disciplines and research fields
Donya Alinejad, Utrecht University
An essential book for anyone looking to research our contemporary media-saturated context and the implications it has for how we live our lives today. Digital Ethnography comes with an exciting and inspiring range of case studies that demonstrate how thoroughly digitally mediated we are, and how previous methodological concepts can be adapted and applied. This book sets a benchmark for ensuring a truly unique approach to digital ethnography, in an age where ‘the digital’ has become second nature
Adrienne Evans, Department of Media, Coventry University, UK
This is a delightful book – lively, engaging, challenging – providing us with the best available resource for exploring the exciting field of digital ethnography. It is an indispensable text for anyone interested in understanding the diversity and complexity of how the digital is woven into everyday life.
Martin Hand, Department of Sociology, Queen’s University, Canada
The real strength of this book is that it is jam packed with good clear examples of research. It is not merely an exhortation to digital ethnography, it shows how much and how well this has already been carried out. The result is a powerful case for this approach as one of the best ways of gaining a properly informed, contextualized and conceptually grounded understanding of our new digital worlds.
Daniel Miller, Department of Anthropology, UCL
New phenomena invite us to rethink our ways of knowing about the world and about ourselves – as researchers and participants in an increasingly digitally-mediated world. In an inspiring yet concrete way, this volume unfolds a new sensibility towards everyday life in a digital age.
Sonia Livingstone, Department of Media and Communications, LSE

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