[Air-L] Studying online community

[natalya godbold]

Hi Annamari,
your comments about communities extending from online to offline and vice
versa remind me of this book:

Markham, A. N. and N. K. Baym, Eds. (2009). *Internet inquiry :
conversations about method*. Los Angeles, Sage Publications.

You might get something out of it, I did...  and it led me to read this one,
which I also enjoyed a lot:
Sundén, J. (2003). *Material virtualities : approaching online textual
embodiment.* New York, P. Lang.

My phd is about how people make sense of renal failure on online renal
discussion boards,  I'm a year and a half into my Phd, and I just started
participatory fieldwork in late May this year.  Lets stay in touch ;-)
n

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 4:22 AM, Annamari Martinviita <martinviita at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm just getting started on my PhD studies, unfunded as yet, regarding new
> social technologies and online communities and would really appreciate any
> hints, tips and advice members of this list may have on good information
> sources, relevant publications, events and so on.
>
> Broadly speaking, I'm interested in how communities extend from the online
> to the offline and vice versa, how participation in online communities
> becomes part of every-day life, how the lines between offline and online
> communication and relationship building are blurred as access to online
> social tools becomes ubiquitous. More specifically, I am looking at how new
> social technologies affect local communities and what developers should take
> into consideration while creating new tools with a view of fostering online
> community. I hope to come up with results that offer an insight into how the
> concept of community is changing for members of a hyper-connected society,
> and the implications of that change for local communities. My research
> approach is ethnographic.
>
> It would be great to hear from others with similar interests, and also
> perhaps to discover fellow "sufferers" at similar stages of their academic
> careers, for a bit of mutual support and encouragement. :) Of course, any
> advice would be hugely appreciated!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Annamari Martinviita
> PhD student
> University of Oulu, Finland
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-- 
Natalya Godbold
PhD Candidate (Human Information Behaviour / Health Communication)
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
University of Technology, Sydney





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