Ethnography goes online: Towards a user-centred methodology to research interpersonal communication on the internet

Qualitative Research

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 716-735

  Beneito Montagut, Roser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

emotions; ethnography; internet; interpersonal communication; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 82555193334     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794111413368     Document Type: Article

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