Christine Hine was a contributor to BBC Radio 4’s Digital Human series in series 7, episode 4 “Rear Window”.
Christine Hine is a pioneer of virtual ethnography, and studies scientific culture, information technology and the Internet. She explains how she goes about observing people online, and how people act differently when their observers are online and anonymous.
(from the Digital Human episode page above)
Christine on online research methods:
Articles:
- A response to Christine Hine; Danah Boyd
Links
- Academic bio (University of Surrey)
Book: “Virtual Ethnography”:
Cutting though the exaggerated and fanciful beliefs about the new possibilities of "net life", Hine produces a distinctive understanding of the significance of the Internet and addresses such questions as: what challenges do the new technologies of communication pose for research methods? Does the Internet force us to rethink traditional categories of "culture" and "society?"
In this compelling and thoughtful book, Hine shows that the Internet is both a site for cultural formations and a cultural artifact which is shaped by people's understandings and expectations.
(Google Books entry)
Book: Ethnography for the Internet: Embedded, Embodied and Everyday; Christine Hine:
“This book presents an overview of the challenges faced by ethnographers who wish to understand activities that involve the internet. Suitable for both new and experienced ethnographers, it explores both methodological principles and practical strategies for coming to terms with the definition of field sites, the connections between online and offline and the changing nature of embodied experience. Examples are drawn from a wide range of settings, including ethnographies of scientific institutions, television, social media and locally based gift-giving networks. - See more here”
(from publisher’s book page)
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