This is the first of a series of methodology experiments to explore how certain questions or provocative statements elicit critical analysis around the socio-technical characteristics or impact of so-called “Internet of Things.”
In this post, Dr. Margie Borschke riffs on the question of “Can you turn your process into product?”, a question she uses to provoke journalism students to extend their imagination about what counts.
What is the impact of visual material on our analysis and theoretical frameworks? This blogpost reflects on the epistemological trajectories and methodological consequences of working with a video camera as an ethnographic tool.
Through an auto-ethnographic visual essay, I think through the power of graphic design as a tool–not only for provoking opinions, but also to change how we define people and shape expressions.
This blogpost focuses on the methodological challenges of studying the dynamics of technologically and computationally mediated publics, especially regarding young people’s experiences.
When I was in the early stages of my PhD, I arranged to write a joint article with Egyptian activist, Sherief Gaber. Sherief is part of the Mosireen collective, which was a focal point of my research.
During the summer term of 2016, Christoph Raetzsch taught a bachelor seminar on “qualitative methods for digital data and online archives”. The seminar was based on a grounded-theory approach to understanding data and its relevance in online communication.
Reflexivity. We toss this word around as a key part of qualitative methods. Annette Markham writes some techniques for building reflexivity muscles on her blog.
In June 2016, we presented the project at the International Communication Association (ICA) in Fukuoka, Japan. The panel covered new approaches to understanding digital news in journalism studies. Our contribution on “Journalism and the Circulation of Communicative Objects” sought to redefine the relatively statist and industrial logic of circulation by pointing to the new materialities of digital circulation.
by Viktor Baskin Coffey This is part of a series of articles by members of the Visuality, Culture, & Methods PhD summer schools. Developed by Media Studies Anne Marit Waade (Cultural Transformations Research Unit, Aarhus University); Sarah Pink (Digital Ethnography Research Center, RMIT, Australia), and Annette Markham (Digital Living Research Commons, Aarhus University), this PhD …
