Ethnography Upgraded

The basic practice of ethnography has essentially remained unchanged in hundreds of years. How has online life changed things? I contrast two transformative inventions, the telephone and the internet, with respect to their impact on fieldwork. I argue that our current era has created entirely new constraints and opportunities for ethnographic research.

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The basic practice of ethnography has remained unchanged for hundreds of years, but the advent of online life has brought new constraints and opportunities to research.