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Digital Ethnography

Digital Ethnography is a form of ethnographic inquiry that systematically studies human cultures and social practices within digital environments by immersing the researcher in online communities and digitally mediated interactions, distinguishing it from traditional ethnography through its focus on virtual, networked, and digitally constituted social spaces.

1.8K

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114.2K

Citations

2.9K

Authors

1K

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Publications per year

2017–2026

766

Variants

Cyber-ethnographyVirtual Ethnography

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Publications

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The Ethnography of Infrastructure

Susan Leigh Star · American Behavioral Scientist · 1999 · 4.2K citations

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The Field behind the Screen: Using Netnography for Marketing Research in Online Communities

Robert V. Kozinets · Journal of Marketing Research · 2002 · 3.9K citations

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Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants

Renee John R. Repique · Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association · 2013 · 3.3K citations

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Born digital: understanding the first generation of digital natives

Choice Reviews Online · 2009 · 2K citations

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The walkthrough method: An approach to the study of apps

Ben Light, Jean Burgess, Stefanie Duguay · New Media & Society · 2016 · 991 citations · Full text

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Authors

2.9K

  1. SP
    Sarah Pink

    RMIT University, Australia

    16 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. DL
    Deborah Lupton

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    13 publications · 979 citations

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  3. LH
    Larissa Hjorth

    RMIT University, Australia

    10 publications · 502 citations

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  4. HA
    Heidi A. Campbell

    Texas A&M University, United States

    8 publications · 466 citations

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  5. ZA
    Zainal Abidin Achmad

    University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa Timur, Indonesia

    7 publications · 112 citations

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Institutions

1K

  1. RMIT University

    Melbourne, Australia

    18 h-index

    34 publications

    3.3K citations

  2. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    18 h-index

    36 publications

    2K citations

  3. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    17 h-index

    22 publications

    1.4K citations

  4. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    16 h-index

    23 publications

    1.9K citations

  5. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    15 h-index

    24 publications

    1.5K citations

  6. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    15 h-index

    28 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    15 h-index

    20 publications

    1.8K citations

  8. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    14 h-index

    19 publications

    655 citations

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Venues

  1. New Media & Society

    54 publications · 4.6K citations

    35

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 23 publications · 5.4K citations

    22

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  3. Qualitative Research

    QR · 26 publications · 2.3K citations

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  4. Information Communication & Society

    ICS · 34 publications · 2.1K citations

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