Digital ethnography : principles and practice / Sarah Pink, Heather Horst, John Postill, Larissa Hjorth, Tania Lewis, Jo Tacchi.

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TextPublication details: Los Angeles, etc. : SAGE, 2016.Description: xiii, 202 p. : ill. b&w ; 24 cmISBN:

9781473902374
9781473902381

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301.07

Contents:

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

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Marbella International University Centre Library	301.07 DIG dig (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	12008

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-195) and index.

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

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.

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