The Video Camera Spoiled My Ethnography: A Critical Approach

The Video Camera Spoiled My Ethnography: A Critical Approach

As videography and other media technologies are normalized in the field of qualitative methods for the purpose of data collection, there is a growing need to discuss the benefits and limitations of these data collection tools. This article chronicles an ethnographic video study focused on the experi...

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Main Author: Katherine Gregory
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-10-01
Series:International Journal of Qualitative Methods
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1609406920963761
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