Journal article
Negotiating the researcher: Interstitial, appropriated, and digital identities in media production ethnography
Westminister Papers in Communication and Culture, Vol.9(3), pp.7-26
12/01/2013
DOI: 10.16997/wpcc.171
Appears in Diamond Open Access
Abstract
While all people form, exhibit, and use multiple identities, the hybridity of identity plays an integral role in the production of ethnographic knowledge. This article explores three critical tensions concerning researcher identity in media production ethnographies. First, I argue ethnographer identity is interstitial, situated at the margins of contesting and, at times, divergent selves. Second, while researchers privilege certain selves and favor particular agendas, others can appropriate and promote certain aspects of the researcher’s identity to serve strategic purposes. Finally, the rise of digital and social media has complicated traditional notions of identity management and ‘the field’ and provides new opportunities for participants to study the researcher. Thus, while acts of identity are exertions of power, that power can be harnessed and enacted by both researchers and participants.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Negotiating the researcher: Interstitial, appropriated, and digital identities in media production ethnography
- Creators
- Brian Ekdale - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Westminister Papers in Communication and Culture, Vol.9(3), pp.7-26
- DOI
- 10.16997/wpcc.171
- ISSN
- 1744-6716
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/01/2013
- Academic Unit
- Center for Social Science Innovation; Public Policy Center (Archive); School of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Record Identifier
- 9983557581602771
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