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Member Institution

Howard University

Case Study Lead(s)

Wei Sun, Ph.D.

Project

Field Research in Communication

Executive Summary

Field Research in Communication is a graduate-level communications course aimed at instructing students on how to conduct virtual ethnography using technology as a primary methodological instrument. To better understand the online environment and produce meaningful ethnographies, students use technical tools to collect and analyze data in the field. Field research, which is traditionally a real-time, “on-the-ground” approach, has transitioned online for this course during Fall 2020 semester.