Tag: fieldwork

Creating the Research Proposal

November 3, 2020

Based on the scope of this project and the exploratory nature of your digital fieldwork, you won’t be able to tell us all of the fascinating things about this subculture. Instead, you will need to present a narrowly focused—but balanced—picture of your subculture based on a singular, compelling aspect (framed through your research questions) that … More Creating the Research Proposal

Selecting Your Topic

November 1, 2020

The ethnography project will take you into the virtual field to observe a publicly viewable (rather than private, secret, or member-restricted) subculture on a social media site. You’ll write an essay that uses digital fieldwork along with scholarly and (credible) web research as the basis for an interpretation of the subculture. Through the Topic Selection … More Selecting Your Topic