ethnography


BBC iPlayer: The Media Show: 28/10/2009

Thursday, 29 October 2009, 10:07

Includes an interesting segment with Dr Natalie Fenton from Goldsmith's University "who argues that instead of democratising information, the internet has narrowed our horizons."

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New York Times Reporters & Twitter: An Ethnography

Thursday, 28 May 2009, 06:45

"Through this ethnography, I am exploring how New York Times reporters are embracing social media, specifically Twitter. Are they using it in the traditional social means or are they using it to connect to the community and as a tool for their reporting?"

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Online Journalism Blog: How successful bloggers become bureaucratized too

Wednesday, 6 August 2008, 14:55

Paul Bradshaw reads an enthography of blogging: "just as the restricted space and time of mainstream media shape their output, so does the lack of restrictions shape the output of blogs: 'Whereas constraints necessitate routines, so does a lack of limits … bloggers have developed routine practices that narrow down possibilities.'"

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