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STIRLING, Eve (2016). ‘I’m always on Facebook!’: exploring Facebook as a mainstream research tool and ethnographic site. In: SNEE, Helene, HINE, Christine, MOREY, Yvette, ROBERTS, Steven and WATSON, Hayley, (eds.) Digital methods for social science. An interdisciplinary guide to research innovation. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 51-66.
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Abstract
This chapter discusses a research project which explored the everyday use of the social network site (SNS) Facebook by first-year undergraduate students in their transition to university. It not only explores the opportunities and challenges of using Facebook as a research site and how this digital approach may differ from a ‘mainstream’ ethnography, but also argues for this approach to be viewed as ‘mainstream’ due to the mediated nature of contemporary social life.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
|---|---|
| Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: | Cultural Communication and Computing Research Institute > Art and Design Research Centre |
| Departments - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: | Faculty of Science, Technology and Arts > Department of Art and Design |
| Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137453662_4 |
| Page Range: | 51-66 |
| Depositing User: | Eve Stirling |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jan 2017 15:59 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Mar 2021 07:03 |
| URI: | https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14882 |
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