[Air-L] Critical Internet Studies Ethnographies for Use in Undergrad Methods course

[Andrew Herman]

Dear AoIRistas

I am seeking suggestions for new and recent ethnographies in the field of critical internet studies (broadly construed) for use in my undergraduate methods course in communication studies. I am looking for book-length monographs that are: a) theoretically driven; b) methodologically reflective; c) tell an interesting narrative about the research; and accessible to second-year undergraduates who are willing to stretch themselves.

The books do not necessarily have to be located in communication/media studies in terms of discipline. In the past, I have used books that come out of anthropology as well as sociology, such as Ilana Gershon's The Break Up 2.0. The book I am currently using is Whitney Phillip's, This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things. I have had great success teaching the book, but I am getting tired of it, lol.


I look forward to your suggestions.

Andrew Herman, Ph. D (he/his/him)
Associate Professor
Department of Communication Studies
Wilfrid Laurier University


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