Video Transcript: Hello! My name is Kate d., and I conducted ethnographic research on a travel subculture found on the platform Reddit. Created in early 2008, the diverse and passionate community has over 5.5 million travelers and thousands of posts consisting of photographs, videos, blogs, and journal entries which encapsulate their trips and excursions. However, … More Travel Subculture on Reddit
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
Online Observations, Artifact Collection & Fieldnotes. Over multiple visits this semester, you will observe members of your subculture online. During your observations, you will take screenshots of the content they create and share, including but not limited to members’ profile information; written text, images, and videos created and shared; and the reactions, comments, and conversations. … More Conducting Fieldwork
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
The Digital Ethnography Project 