Ethnographic Research in a Cyber Era

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 306-330

  Hallett, Ronald E ^a   Barber, Kristen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

computer mediated communication; cyber ethnography; ethnography; Internet; online research; social spaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899728765     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: 15525414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241613497749     Document Type: Article

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