Virtual Ethnographies Revisited

The last three months of the research process will be the virtual ethnography research method. I will talk to ten students from each of the universities based on the interview pool or if there is attrition in the pool, a new group of students from those who took the survey based on the selection protocol listed previously in this proposal. The actual process will consist of me getting permission to analyze the individual’s Facebook profile.

Also, I will seek to get permission to note the “artifacts” present on their Facebook site During the virtual ethnographic interviews; the artifacts will be presented to the individual and question will be posed regarding the artifacts impact on the individual’s coping strategies. The remaining three months will be used to compile and analyze the results of all three processes.