Re: [Air-L] Blogs for social science research: Dilemmas
Hi Juan. I dealt with some similar questions in my doctoral dissertation (ethnography within the Israeli blogosphere). When the same author had more than one blog or engaged in a playful interaction on another blog, connected on ICQ or met in bloggers meetings in real life, I often had to "travel" with that to make meaning of blogging practices. My core methodology was connective ethnography so I could basically do that, but you seem to require a clearer boundary to begin with. You should be fine with the methods you chose if your blogs engage mainly in written discourse. but you might need to check if there's a back channel, if these bloggers know each other or get to know each other/form a community that crosses to real life (especially when they arrive in Montreal) or other online platforms. in that case it will be hard to analyze the blogs as standalone and you might find yourself in a connective ethnography too. it depends how deep down the rabbit hole of your topic are you willing to follow your bloggers?.... Carmel Vaisman http://www.absolutecarmel.com Twitter @carmelva
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