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An exploration of when virtual-only ethnography is appropriate and when offline ethnographic data collection is appropriate and practical.

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The right contexts for virtual ethnography MeCCSA Conference 7 th Jan 2010 David Brake http://www.le.ac.uk/mc/ & http://davidbrake.org/ Department of Media and Communications
What is Ethnography? ,[object Object]
Why use ethnography? ,[object Object]
Virtual Ethnography is when: ,[object Object],[object Object]
Virtual research object -> virtual methods? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Questions before starting ,[object Object],[object Object]
Useful decision criteria ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Boundedness of virtual location ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Good virtual-only locations ,[object Object]
Temporal boundedness ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Boundedness of meaning ,[object Object],[object Object]
Studying behaviour or context? ,[object Object],[object Object]
Further Questions? Comments? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
References ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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The right contexts for virtual ethnography

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