You may be interested to know what my task is for this week. Actually it is about digging deep into an online community which I am not familiar with before and doing ethnographical investigation. Following my own interest, I chose one of the many forums about GID and did observations. What is GID? GID stands…
In 2011, a book titled “50 shades of grey” became a best selling novel. It focused on an intense relationship between two protagonists that became very controversial through introduction of moderate BDSM (Bondage, Dominance, Sadism, Masochism) sexual scenes. Following the book, BDSM as a sexual lifestyle became a topic of mainstream discussion. At the same…
This week, we’re going vegan! For those who are wondering: no, Understanding Social Media didn’t suddenly turned itself into a cookery blog and I didn’t go nuts either. So, how come that I am talking about veganism in my post? Well, however strange it may look, I am actually not. Our task for this week…
What motivates people to participate and what information should be shared? In this blog post I will share some of the insights gained from doing a minor ethnography observation on one of the subject discussed at the Swedish forum Flashback. Forum Flashback is a Swedish site that went online 1995, but dates back to 1983. It…
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