Digital Ethnography by Pink, Sarah; Horst, Heather; Postill, John;

Short description:

Providing readers with the introduction to doing research into digital cultures and technologies, this book considers the methodological, practical and theoretical elements of digital ethnography and demonstrates how to research experiences and relationships as well as objects and events 

Long description:

This sharp, innovative book champions the rising significance of ethnographic research on the use of digital resources around the world. It contextualises digital and pre-digital ethnographic research and demonstrates how the methodological, practical and theoretical dimensions are increasingly intertwined.

Digital ethnography is central to our understanding of the social world; it can shape methodology and methods, and provides the technological tools needed to research society. The authoritative team of authors clearly set out how to research localities, objects and events as well as providing insights into exploring individuals’ or communities’ lived experiences, practices and relationships.

The book:

• Defines a series of central concepts in this new branch of social and cultural research
• Challenges existing conceptual and analytical categories
• Showcases new and innovative methods
• Theorises the digital world in new ways
• Encourages us to rethink pre-digital practices, media and environments

This is the ideal introduction for anyone intending to conduct ethnographic research in today’s digital society.

An essential book for anyone looking to research our contemporary media-saturated context and the implications it has for how we live our lives today. Digital Ethnography comes with an exciting and inspiring range of case studies that demonstrate how thoroughly digitally mediated we are, and how previous methodological concepts can be adapted and applied. This book sets a benchmark for ensuring a truly unique approach to digital ethnography, in an age where ‘the digital’ has become second nature

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Ethnography in a Digital World
Chapter 2: Researching Experiences
Chapter 3: Researching Practices
Chapter 4: Researching Things
Chapter 5: Researching Relationships
Chapter 6: Researching Social Worlds
Chapter 7: Researching Localities
Chapter 8: Researching Events