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An Ethnographic Study on Online Communities in Saudi Arabia

by lorenz on Oct 4, 2004 in culture traditions, fieldwork / methods, journal articles / papers, Middle East, cyberanthropology, internet

Forum: Qualitative Social Research (FQS)

The aim of this article is to discuss the lessons learned from conducting semi-structured interviews online in an ethnographic study that took place in Saudi Arabia during the period 2001-2002.

The purpose of the study was to explore individuals' participation in online communities in Saudi Arabia and also understand how online communities in Saudi Arabia are affecting participants' offline culture. Semi-structured online interviews were used to report the perceptions of 15 participants (8 females, 7 males) about their online community experience in Saudi Arabia. >> continue

PS: This article is part of the 16th Issue of the open-access journal "Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research" (FQS) that now is available online.

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