This is my very first attempt of “ethnographing”. After some thoughts and bouncing of ideas, I have chosen to do our (EDEDC) Tweeter tutorial #mscdystopia.
Introduction
Before participating on the online community which is Tweeter #mscdystopia, we are required to watch four films under the theme – “dystopia” which were selected by our tutors. We were required to comment, give our opinion/views and also suggest a film which falls under the theme. We also need to set-up an account with Tweeter and pick a name for our online identity on Tweeter and mine is m45n1 just because someone already used “mas”!
There are all together 199 entries for #mscdystopia and it starts on the 21 September 2009 and ends on the 30th October 2009 (but this was me asking for help searching/retrieving the #mscdystopia for my study). Really it ends on the 6th October 2009 with an entry from lesley1004 “wud you feel any emotion if videos had no accompanying music …next step , watch the eyes”
This is how it begins on Tweeter:
This is how it all begins
The first tweet post was from “hyperscoped” giving his views on what is dystopia. There are various threads available on this:
- Opinions/views on the four suggested films:
- The use of the social websites for example: Tweeter, Facebook, etc and how they influence our life
- Individuals response to other individuals
- Suggested clips related to the theme
- Comment on the readings and its relation to the theme and suggested films –
- Real life example – government –
And this is how it ends…
Conclusion
Not everyone involves in the community is an “active contributor” me included. Individual bounce ideas about their thoughts on the theme. There are also some comments on the key reading for the theme. Answering questions with questions to provoke thinking and some share the same ideas/views.
I hope this inform my readers about the ethnography of Tweeter #mscdystopia for MSc E-learning – E-learning and Digital Culture.
I am open to any suggestions on how to improve my “story telling”. Sorry that it is not presented in a sophisticated online way.
