{"id":996,"date":"2020-02-27T16:19:26","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T15:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heteropolitics.net\/?p=996"},"modified":"2020-02-27T16:19:26","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T15:19:26","slug":"doing-ethnographic-research-in-cyberspace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/heteropolitics.net\/index.php\/2020\/02\/27\/doing-ethnographic-research-in-cyberspace\/","title":{"rendered":"Doing ethnographic research in cyberspace"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Journal of Digital Social Research (JDSR)<\/a> has\u00a0 just published a special issue on Doing Digital Ethnography<\/a>, which is a must-read for the community of Internet researchers:<\/p>\n

“This special issue, guest edited by Crystal Abidin<\/em> and Gabriele de Seta<\/em> collects the confessions of five digital ethnographers laying bare their methodological failures, disciplinary posturing, and ethical dilemmas. The articles are meant to serve as counseling stations for fellow researchers who are approaching digital media ethnographically. On the one hand, this issue\u2019s contributors acknowledge the rich variety of methodological articulations reflected in the lexicon of \u201cbuzzword ethnography\u201d. On the other, they evidence how doing ethnographic research about, on, and through digital media is most often a messy, personal, highly contextual enterprise fraught with anxieties and discomforts.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Journal of Digital Social Research (JDSR) has\u00a0 just published a special issue on Doing Digital Ethnography, which is a must-read for the community of Internet researchers: “This special issue, guest edited by Crystal Abidin and Gabriele de Seta collects the confessions of five digital ethnographers laying bare their methodological failures, disciplinary posturing, and ethical … <\/p>\n