Off the top of my head (or from my Internet browser bookmarks), I would recommend: Baym, N. (2000). _Tune in, Log on_. (Sage publishers). And I'll add my own book, _Life Online: Researching real experience in virtual space_. (Alta Mira Press, 1998). Also see an overview of issues related to ethics and representation in online ethnography: Markham, A.: "Reconsidering Self and Other: The methods, politics, and ethics of representation in Online Ethnography." In N. Denzin and Y. Lincoln (Eds.). Handbook of Qualitative Research. (forthcoming) Online draft here: http://ascend.comm.uic.edu/~amarkham/writing/denzinlincoln.htm Johns, M. D., Chen, S. L. S., & Hall, G. J. (Eds.). (2003). _Online social research: Methods, issues, and ethics_. (Peter Lang Press). (good edited collection with many issues addressed) Buchanan, E. (2004). Readings in Virtual Research Ethics: Issues and controversies. (Information Science Publishing) (includes many relevant readings in online qualitative research methods/ethics. Many good chapters. I'll mention here Malin Sveningsson's chapter "Ethics in Internet Ethnography," which provides a good overview of some major issues.) Eichhorn, K. (2001). Sites unseen: Ethnographic research in a textual community. International journal of Qualitative studies in Education, 14 (4), 565-578. Special issue on internet research ethics. Ethics and Information Technolog http://www.nyu.edu/projects/nissenbaum/ethics_ess.html. and, of course, the recommendations of the AOIR working committee on ethics:www.aoir.org/reports/ethics.pdf Hope these are of some use to you, Annette Markham - Show quoted text - On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 20:01:48 +0200, Maja van der Velden <maja@globalagenda.org> wrote:
To Alireza,
Blogging thoughts: personal publication as an online research tool by Mortensen, T. and J. Walker (2003), www.intermedia.uio.no/konferanser/skikt-02/docs/ Researching_ICTs_in_context-Ch11-Mortensen-Walker.pdf
Success, Maja
On Jun 16, 2004, at 3:37 PM, Alireza Doostdar wrote:
One of my reviewers has asked that I situate my intensively engaged ethnographic method within a literature of cyberspace ethnography that discusses such engagement (and other methods, like lurking) and the relevant theoretical and ethical issues. I already have several pieces I can use, including Christine Hine's "Virtual Ethnography" and David Hakken's "Cyborgs@Cyberspace?". I would TREMENDOUSLY appreciate pointers on other relevant literature, preferably things I can get my hands on fast, as my revisions are due by Monday!
Maja van der Velden http://www.globalagenda.org
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