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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

How do you view and assess the increasing trend of digital ethnography and use of visual culture in sociological research?

  • UPSC 2024
  • Research Methods and Analysis

Digital ethnography relocates classical participant observation online — sustained immersion in online communities, discussion forums, gaming worlds, and messaging groups, in place of a physical village or neighbourhood.

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  • From Malinowski's Field to the Digital Field
  • New Epistemological Problems the Classical Tradition Never Had to Solve
  • Visual Culture as Data in Its Own Right
  • An Indian Illustration: WhatsApp as a Digital Field Site

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