ETAS6000 Everyday Life in New Media 鈥� Online Ethnography as a Research Method (5 op)
Osaamistavoitteet
After completing the module student
-is familiar with the essential concepts and practices of online ethnography.
-is familiar with the multiple ways people use new media and especially how to gather qualitative research data by using online ethnography
Suoritustavat
Lectures, group work, learning assignments/essays.
厂颈蝉盲濒迟枚
According to one of the guiding principles of online ethnography, virtual worlds and new media (such as apps, blogs, forums, Instagram and Twitter) can be utilised both as an object of a study as well as a tool or a method to grasp reality even outside the 鈥渧irtual鈥�. The main topics of the module include the basic data sets and concepts involved in online ethnography, the theoretical framework of the method and using online ethnography in practice as well as questions related to the ethics of online ethnography.
Oppimateriaalit
The teacher will hand out learning materials.
Arviointiperusteet
Full participation in contact teaching, group work, learning assignments, 2 essays.