How to study social media practises in converging library spaces. Making the case for deploying co-presence ethnography in studies of 2.0-libraries
(2011) International Conference Information Science and Social Media ISSOME 2011 p.83-90- Abstract
- Ethnographically inspired methods have in recent years been successfully applied in Information Science (IS) research on different forms of social media related practices (c.f. Sundin & Francke 2009a; 2009b, Kjellberg 2010). This paper aims to contribute to an emerging discussion on the use of this methodological approach for analysing and comprehending consequences of the 2.0-turn in public libraries. Drawing on the experiences of a one-year long ethnographic study of everyday work-related social media practices in a Swedish public library, I suggest that there are significant epistemic benefits of using the ethnographic approach in this field. By shifting focus to everyday practices and routines in local settings, new features of the... (More)
- Ethnographically inspired methods have in recent years been successfully applied in Information Science (IS) research on different forms of social media related practices (c.f. Sundin & Francke 2009a; 2009b, Kjellberg 2010). This paper aims to contribute to an emerging discussion on the use of this methodological approach for analysing and comprehending consequences of the 2.0-turn in public libraries. Drawing on the experiences of a one-year long ethnographic study of everyday work-related social media practices in a Swedish public library, I suggest that there are significant epistemic benefits of using the ethnographic approach in this field. By shifting focus to everyday practices and routines in local settings, new features of the 2.0-phenomena are accentuated, contributing to different understandings of the role of social media in public library development. (Less)
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- author
- Carlsson, Hanna LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2011
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Library 2.0, Public libraries, Ethnography, Convergence
- host publication
- Information Science and Social Media. Proceedings of the International Conference Information Science and Social Media ISSOME 2011, August 24-26, Åbo/Turku, Finland
- editor
- Huvila, Isto ; Holmberg, Kim and Kronqvist-Berg, Maria
- pages
- 7 pages
- publisher
- Information Studies, Åbo Academy University, Finland: Åbo
- conference name
- International Conference Information Science and Social Media ISSOME 2011
- conference location
- Åbo/Turku, Finland
- conference dates
- 2011-08-24 - 2011-08-26
- ISSN
- 2242-0495
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- b9734be2-d5ae-4800-8b88-ce98165e3edd (old id 2278544)
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- 2016-04-01 13:24:34
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