Ethnography for the Internet: Embedded, Embodied and Everyday - Couverture souple

Hine, Christine

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0857855700 ISBN 13 : 9780857855701

Editeur : Berg Publishers, 2015

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The internet has become embedded into our lives, no longer a strange phenomenon, but instead an unremarkable way of carrying out our everyday interactions with one another. Online and offline are interwoven in everyday experience. Using the internet has become accepted as a way of being present in the world, rather than a means of accessing some discrete virtual domain. Ethnographers of these contemporary internet-infused societies consequently find themselves facing serious methodological dilemmas: where should they go, what should they do there and how can they acquire robust knowledge about what people do in, through and with the internet? This book presents an overview of the challenges faced by ethnographers who wish to understand activities that go on in the internet. Suitable for both new and experienced ethnographers, it explores both methodological principles and practical strategies for coming to terms with the definition of field sites, the connections between online and offline and the changing nature of embodied experience. Examples are drawn from a wide range of settings, including ethnographies of scientific institutions, television and social media, and locally-based gift-giving networks.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Christine Hine is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Surrey, UK.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Berg Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0857855700
• ISBN 13: 9780857855701
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240