Media ethnography in virtual space: Strategies, limits, and possibilities

Lindlof, Thomas R.; Shatzer, Milton J.

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“…In the field of communications technology, which studies social presence as the degree to which communicating participants are able to project their presence through the technology, social presence can be projected best when the verbal and non verbal cues and the context can be also be communicated (Rice 1993). By these criteria, computer mediated communication (CMC) would be judged low on social presence (Lindlif and Shatzer 1998) and the role of the participants in compensating for Iack of cues becomes more important.…”

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Social Presence Online: Networking Learners at a Distance

Stacey

2002

Networking the Learner

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This paper draws on two studies which researched the use of online small group environments where collaborative leaming is a central structure for leaming. The establishment of social presence is facilitated through the socioaffective aspect of small group interaction which contributed to the effectiveness of leaming online. Social presence, the ability of online leamers to project thernselves into a textual environment which has few visual or contextual cues, will be explored as an important elernent in facilitating effective online leaming. The teacher's roJe in helping students project their online social presence and in establishing an environment for leaming within the larger group computer conference will also be discussed.

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Social Presence Online: Networking Learners at a Distance

Stacey

2002

Networking the Learner

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“…Con este concepto, sostienen que la razón por la que los usuarios no participantes o lurkers deciden no escribir mensajes y solo leerlos se justifica porque éstos se dedican a observar las normas y la forma de escribir los mensajes de los otros miembros del grupo porque no tienen desarrolladas sus habilidades sociales y su capacidad de empatizar con otros. De esta forma, leer mensajes les permitiría aprender y ganar la confianza necesaria para expresarse en público con empatía, y de este modo, aprender a compartir sus experiencias y saber integrarse adecuadamente en el grupo o comunidad virtual (Correll, 1995;Lave y Wenger, 1991;Lindlof y Shatzer, 1998;Zhang y Storck, 2001 que estos resultados se originan por los estereotipos sociales y culturales que atribuyen a la mujer una mayor sensibilidad emocional, una mayor tendencia al cuidado y apoyo a los más débiles (ej., personas con discapacidad), una mayor capacidad para detectar sentimientos y señales de ayuda y una mayor preocupación por los aspectos sociales de la interacción y los sentimientos de los demás.…”

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Relación entre conductas prosociales y participación en grupos online en jóvenes con discapacidad motora

Martínez

2017

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ResumenObjectives. The objectives of this study identify prosocial behavior of motor young users of online support groups depending on the participation in these virtual spaces. In addition, to identify significant differences in prosocial pueden resultar útiles, pues resaltan que la participación en los grupos de apoyo online podría contribuir en el diseño de programas que potencien la conducta prosocial de los jóvenes con discapacidad motora.

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“…"In the Internet postmodernity seems to have found its object, in an 'anything goes' world where people and machines, truth and fiction, self and other seem to merge in a glorious blurring of boundaries" (Hine, 2000, p. 7). Identity is broken down and is no longer a perceptively fixed phenomenon; it is "intrinsically playful" (Hine, 2000, p. 7;Lindlof & Shatzer, 1998).…”

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“…Physical interaction provides other cues for us to gather emotional messages (Crichton & Kinash, 2003;Lindlof & Shatzer, 1998;Markham, 2004;Sade-Beck, 2004;Wittel, 2000). These include body language, tonality, and rate of speech.…”

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“…There are some aspects which can be teased out to access subtextual meaning. Lindlof & Shatzer (1998) identify online communication cues as including emoticons (smiley faces), meta-messages (*shakes head* or <shakes head> to indicate disappointment), and acronyms used to communicate emotions or reactions (such as LOL-laughing out loud). Additional cues include the use of italics, capital lettering, bold, typographical errors (intentionally or not), grammatical structure, and line spacing.…”

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Message Received: Virtual Ethnography in Online Message Boards

Steinmetz

2012

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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As the Internet begins to encapsulate more people within online communities, it is important that the social researcher have well-rounded ethnographic methodologies for observing these phenomena. This article seeks to contribute to methodology by detailing and providing insights into three specific facets of virtual ethnography that need attention: space and time, identity and authenticity, and ethics. Because the Internet is a globalized and instantaneous medium where space and time collapse, identity becomes more playful, and ethics become more tenuous; understanding these aspects is crucial to the study of online social groups. A second focus of this article is to apply these notions to the study of online message boards-a frequently used medium for online communication that is frequently overlooked by methodologists.

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Media ethnography in virtual space: Strategies, limits, and possibilities

Cited by 61 publications

References 40 publications

Social Presence Online: Networking Learners at a Distance

Social Presence Online: Networking Learners at a Distance

Relación entre conductas prosociales y participación en grupos online en jóvenes con discapacidad motora

Message Received: Virtual Ethnography in Online Message Boards

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