Towards ethnography of television on the internet: A mobile strategy for exploring mundane interpretive activities

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 567-582

  Hine, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiques Roadshow; internet; media ethnography; mobile methods; television; unobtrusive methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955890508     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443711401940     Document Type: Article

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