E- and Cyber-Folklore. New Paradigm in New Media Research? Cover Image

E-, cyber-folklor. Nowy paradygmat badania nowych mediów?
E- and Cyber-Folklore. New Paradigm in New Media Research?

Author(s): Magdalena Zdrodowska
Subject(s): Anthropology, Customs / Folklore, Media studies, Communication studies, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Methodology and research technology
Published by: Szkoła Wyższa Psychologii Społecznej
Keywords: popular culture; e-folklore; virtual folklore; cyberculture; anthropology; CAQDAS; e-practice; cyber-practise; cybersurrounding;

Summary/Abstract: New forms of culture – cyberculture – makes new academic brands are appearing rapidly in the last two decades both in anthropology and studies on folklore. The article is tabling the question if the emergence of new e- and cyber- practices and texts make traditional paradigms of culture research to be replaced with new disciplines or methodologies. Is the coherence and continuity of the discipline dependent on the research subject or rather research tools and methodology? The article undertakes the topics of: the influence of the cybersurrounding on research process an emergence of new ethical issues, the possibilities of digital material analysis with new Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Systems as well as credibility strategies and variance in e-folklore texts and practices.

  • Issue Year: 33/2012
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 20-31
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish
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