Have I Been in the Field? The Ethnography of Electronic Correspondence
Have I Been in the Field? The Ethnography of Electronic Correspondence

Summary/Abstract: The author examines the possibilities of defining her own research of electronic correspondence as fieldwork, and describes and interprets certain aspects and stages of that research. She deals with two connected aspects of fieldwork research: the issue of physical groundedness of the field and the issue of her relationship with "the subjects of the research" ‡ placing them in a context of researching an Internet topic, email.

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