At the beginning of this week I was still looking at the visual artefacts made by other students and commenting on these.

I then turned to Block 2, looking at virtual communities and ethnographies. The lifestream reflects the readings I have done on this and shows some of the searches I have undertaken on the Internet to find a community which I could research. The two examples of virtual ethnographies I have read so far were interesting to read. Personally I like investigating interactions and making meaning out of these, though (as I stated in one of the posts) this makes me feel quite voyeuristic. I think the ethical aspect is definitely one worth considering, particularly the ethnography on “Happy Land” left me feeling somewhat uncomfortable. It was also good to get back to the discussion board to see what other people are thinking of doing their virtual ethnography on.

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