The book Annette Markham and I are working on is not out yet, but starting points would include: Christine Hine _Virtual Ethnography_ Christine Hine _Virtual Methods_ Chris Mann _Internet Research and Qualitative Methods_ Annette Markham _Life Online_ Some examples of online ethnographies in addition to those embedded in the above would be : Lori Kendall _Hanging Out In The Virtual Pub_ my own _Tune In, Log On_ And that's just the books that are most relevant, there are many articles published in the last decade as well. In short, there's a ton of examples and explicit considerations of the methodological considerations entailed in online ethnography. Best Nancy

Hi all-

I was wondering if anyone has come across articles and literature on doing online ethnography. I know that AOIR has put together an ethical document on doing online research more broadly, but has there been any kind of exploration of the role and definition of ethnography in online environments? It seems to me that there has been work into online communities and online behaviors and practices through the use offline ethnography, but has there been any kind of consideration of what online ethnography would look like or be defined as?

-lilly

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Hi Lilly Marg Kibby conducted an auto-ethnography using Y!Music (web radio). Her study was recently published online in AJETS (Australian Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society). Whilst not exactly what you are looking for, it contains some useful information and references that may help you. Here's the link: http://www.swinburne.edu.au/sbs/ajets/journal/V4N2/pdf/V4N2-2-Kibby.pdf Kind regards Sue Malta PhD Candidate Australian Centre for Emerging Technologies & Society Faculty of Life & Social Sciences Swinburne University ...............................................

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lilly nguyen <lillynguyen@ucla.edu> 7/3/2007 10:14 am >>> Hi all-

I was wondering if anyone has come across articles and literature on doing online ethnography. I know that AOIR has put together an ethical document on doing online research more broadly, but has there been any kind of exploration of the role and definition of ethnography in online environments? It seems to me that there has been work into online communities and online behaviors and practices through the use offline ethnography, but has there been any kind of consideration of what online ethnography would look like or be defined as? -lilly Lilly Nguyen PhD Student, Dept. of Information Studies lillynguyen@ucla.edu _______________________________________________ The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ Swinburne University of Technology CRICOS Provider Code: 00111D NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended only for the use of the addressee. They may contain information that is privileged or protected by copyright. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution, printing, copying or use is strictly prohibited. The University does not warrant that this e-mail and any attachments are secure and there is also a risk that it may be corrupted in transmission. It is your responsibility to check any attachments for viruses or defects before opening them. If you have received this transmission in error, please contact us on +61 3 9214 8000 and delete it immediately from your system. We do not accept liability in connection with computer virus, data corruption, delay, interruption, unauthorised access or unauthorised amendment. Please consider the environment before printing this email.