Sociology 2206A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Begging, Go Native, Financial Audit
5 Apr 2018
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Outside researcher wants to study: examples of field research sites/topics, refer to image on page 280 in textbook. Sites that present a web of social relations, a variety of activities, and diverse events over time provide richer, more interesting data: unfamiliarity. Beginning field researchers should choose an unfamiliar setting. Box 13. 5 focus: social research & the internet: online field research & netnography , online field research, sometimes called netnography, also comes with similar types of challenges as those face by doing field research in the conventional manner. Gatekeepers = someone with the formal or informal authority to control access to a site. It can be the gang leader on the corner, or an administrator of a hospital. Informal public areas (e. g. , sidewalks) rarely have gatekeepers; formal organizations have authorities from whom permission must be obtained: field researchers expect to negotiate with gatekeepers and bargain for access. The researcher must set nonnegotiable limits to protect research integrity.
