{"product_id":"virtual-ethnography-9780761958956","title":"Virtual Ethnography","description":"\u003cp\u003eCutting 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?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christine M. Hine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sage Publications Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/22\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.48h x 6.38w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780761958956\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHine, Christine M.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eChristine Hine\u003c\/b\u003e is a reader in sociology in the Department of Sociology at the University of Surrey. Her main research centres on the sociology of science and technology with a particular interest in the role played by new technologies in the knowledge production process. She also has a major interest in the development of ethnography in technical settings, and in \"virtual methods\" (the use of the Internet for social research). In particular, she has developed mobile and connective approaches to ethnography which combine online and offline social contexts. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eVirtual Ethnography\u003c\/i\u003e (SAGE Publications, 2000), \u003ci\u003eSystematics as Cyberscience\u003c\/i\u003e (MIT, 2008), \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Qualitative Research: The Internet\u003c\/i\u003e (Oxford, 2012), and \u003ci\u003eEthnography for the Internet\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2015) and the editor of \u003ci\u003eVirtual Methods\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e(Berg, 2005), \u003ci\u003eNew Infrastructures for Knowledge Production\u003c\/i\u003e (Information Science Publishing, 2006), and \u003ci\u003eVirtual Research Methods\u003c\/i\u003e (SAGE Publications, 2012).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sage Publications Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40121841385587,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":153.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_06bda4ca-c93c-4e42-9ba3-99fae45899fd.jpg?v=1653748981","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/virtual-ethnography-9780761958956","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}