Ethnography and Virtual Worlds : : A Handbook of Method / / Tom Boellstorff, Bonnie Nardi, T.L. Taylor, Celia Pearce.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Chapter 1. Why This Handbook? -- Chapter 2. Three Brief Histories -- Chapter 3. Ten Myths about Ethnography -- Chapter 4. Research Design and Preparation -- Chapter 5. Participant Observation in Virtual Worlds -- Chapter 6. Interviews and Virtual Worlds Research -- Chapter 7. Other Data Collection Methods for Virtual Worlds Research -- Chapter 8. Ethics -- Chapter 9. Human Subjects Clearance and Institutional Review Boards -- Chapter 10. Data Analysis -- Chapter 11. Writing Up, Presenting, and Publishing Ethnographic Research -- Chapter 12. Conclusion: Arrivals and New Departures -- References -- Index |
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