New avenues for sociological inquiry: Evolving forms of ethnographic practice

Sociology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 685-698

  Robinson, Laura ^a   Schulz, Jeremy ^b  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Internet; New media

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349220092     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038509105415     Document Type: Article

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