[Air-L] Participant observation online: an article-length study?

[Anna E. Haverinen]

Hi Rainer,

In my recent doctoral dissertation I have a chapter about online
ethnography and when it is participatory or not (chapter 3.2. The New
Trobriand - doing ethnography online). Nardis and Boellstorffs works are
excellent and I highly recommend Christine Hine as well, she has a new book
this year. My work is about online memorial cultures and you can download
it from here: https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/98454.

Best,
Anna Haverinen, PhD
Digital Culture, postdoctoral researcher
University of Turku, Finland
www.annahaverinen.com

2015-06-15 15:42 GMT+03:00 Eric Meyer <eric.meyer at oii.ox.ac.uk>:

> When I teach digital ethnography, I find the most accessible example of
> well-done participant observation to be Nardi's book. Part 1 in particular
> talks about method in a very concrete way:
>
> My Life as a Night Elf Priest: An Anthropological Account of World of
> Warcraft 2010. Michigan: University of Michigan Press, Prolog, and chapters
> 1 & 2 Available online at:
> http://www.digitalculture.org/books/my-life-as-a-night-elf-priest
>
> Besides being an example of Nardi's excellent and engaging work, the bonus
> is that students can read the book for free online.
>
> Eric
>
> Professor Eric T. Meyer
> Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor
> Director of Graduate Studies
> Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
> Email: eric.meyer at oii.ox.ac.uk
> Web: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/meyer/
> Google Scholar: http://bit.ly/GS-ETMeyer
> SSRN: http://ssrn.com/author=912385
> Twitter: @etmeyer
>
> Recently published:
> Meyer, ET and R Schroeder. (2015). Knowledge Machines: Digital
> Transformations of the Sciences and Humanities. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. (
> http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/knowledge-machines)
>
> Meyer, ET. (2015). The Expert and the Machine: Competition or Convergence?
> Convergance: The International Journal of Research into New Media
> Technologies. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354856515579840)
>
> Deetjen, U., Meyer, E.T. and Schroeder, R. (2015). Big Data for Advancing
> Dementia Research: An Evaluation of Data Sharing Practices in Research on
> Age-related Neurodegenerative Diseases. OECD Digital Economy Papers, No.
> 246, OECD Publishing. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5js4sbddf7jk-en)
>
>
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>
> Dear all,
>
> in my seminar "Methods for researching online media and media culture"
> there is a session on participant observation. I have an introductory text
> to the method (the respective chapter from Boellstorff et al., *Ethnography
> and Virtual Worlds: A Handbook of Method*), but I still need an article or
> chapter-length study to sort of illustrate the application of the method.
> Any suggestions?
>
> Best,
> Rainer
>
> https://uni-bonn.academia.edu/RainerHillrichs
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