Social media ethnography: the digital researcher in a messy web
https://doi.org/10.22394/2658-3895-2023-6-1-38-56
Abstract
The article was published in 2012 in the journal Media International Australia, Incorporating Culture & Policy.”Social media practices and technologies are often part of how ethnographic research participants navigate their wider social, material and technological worlds, and are equally part of ethnographic practice. This creates the need to consider how emergent forms of social media-driven ethnographic practice might be understood theoretically and methodologically. In this article, we respond critically to existing literatures concerning the nature of the internet as an ethnographic site by suggesting how concepts of routine, movement and sociality enable us to understand the making of social media ethnography knowledge and places.
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About the Authors
John Postill
RMIT University
Australia
Australia
John Postill,
Melbourne.
Sarah Pink
Monash University
Australia
Australia
Sarah Pink,
Melbourne.
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Postill J., Pink S. Social media ethnography: the digital researcher in a messy web. Urban Folklore and Anthropology. 2023;5(1):38-56. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22394/2658-3895-2023-6-1-38-56
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