SOCI 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Cyber-Ethnography, Participant Observation
10 Apr 2017
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Lecture 5 field research february 8 th 2017-02-08. Complete observer": these levels are not mutually exclusive. Status of a full member of the community. Not as strong of a participant" role as complete participant. You would generally reveal your identity as a researcher and inform participants and inform participants of the research. Shift towards a more observatory role, i. e. , you are less involved as a participant. Particularly well-suited if you do not share aspects (social identity; experiences) with the group members. You would generally reveal your identity as a researcher and inform participants of the research. You don"t participate in setting aside from observing; unobtrusive observer". Particularly well-suited if the setting calls for limited participation (e. g. , institutional rules), or if the setting is a public space. You may or may not do covert research important consideration here of public space". Selecting a topic of focus and reviewing literature. You may need permission from a gatekeeper.
