Hello Laetitia (and others), I could not agree more with Dr Markham regarding the anchoring of (qualitative) virtual research in 'traditional' ethnography. During the writing of my thesis I found "Qualitative Research Practice" edited by Clive Seale, Jay Gubrium, Giampietro Gobo and David Silverman particularly useful for getting a good overview, as well as detailed accounts, on current issues and practices (the volume also includes an excellent chapter on the Internet as Research Context by Dr Markham). Cheers Jörgen Skågeby, PhD Information Systems and Media http://www.ida.liu.se/~jorsk/
From: Annette Markham <amarkham@gmail.com> Reply-To: <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:33:40 +0100 To: <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Subject: Re: [Air-L] virtual ethnography
Hi Laetitia,
I would recommend some general books on ethnography (not virtual) to get a solid grounding in the background, history, and current practices. One of your colleagues there in Bergen should be able to point you to several books/articles, as she's done a lot of ethnographic research (Hilde Arntsen).
I would also recommend looking at the various types of qualitative methods you want to use within the large (and often too-vague) umbrella "virtual ethnography." You mention interviewing and survey, but as you read more about ethnography, you might remove or add specific frameworks and procedures for gathering, sorting or analyzing information. Once you break the methods down more specifically, the methodology resources can provide more specific step by step guidance.
For interviewing, I would start with this comprehensive volume, if your library has it: Gubrium, Jaber, & Holstein, James (2001). Handbook of Interview Research. London: Sage.
Since you may be considering mixing qualitative and quantitative methods, I recommend John Creswell as a good introduction to research design, because he compares different approaches in the same books. He also gives decent 'step by step' guidance. I would supplement both these books with other, more comprehensive resources, but these are both good introductions to what you might want to accomplish:
Creswell, John (2008). Research Design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method approaches. London: Sage. Cresswell, John (2006). Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing among five methods. London: Sage.
Cheers,
Annette
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On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 7:48 AM, laetitia le chatton < laetitia.lechatton@gmail.com> wrote:
Laetitia, University of Bergen
I am looking for articles or books on virtual ethnography guiding step by step in the research. I want to interview and make surveys for online health community 's participants.
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