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The Economy of EVE Online

jnorwitt July 31, 2020 The Economy of EVE Online2020-07-31T22:05:16-05:00 Multimodal Final No Comment

When I started the game EVE Online for my participant observation, I was pretty overwhelmed by the amount of information, and was unsure on what to focus. And...

The Economy of EVE Online

jnorwitt July 23, 2020 The Economy of EVE Online2020-07-23T20:40:09-05:00 Multimodal drafts 6 Comments

For my final project, I am working on expanding the participant observation I did in the game EVE Online. I hope to go into more depth on my theme...

Interview: Eevee Pokémon Plush

jnorwitt July 16, 2020 Interview: Eevee Pokémon Plush2020-07-16T20:34:17-05:00 Interviews No Comment

I did my interview on a cultural artifact of my informant, Michelle: her plush (stuffed animal) of a Pokémon named Eevee. The interview was about 30 minutes long, and...

Participant Observation: The Economy of EVE Online

jnorwitt July 9, 2020 Participant Observation: The Economy of EVE Online2020-07-09T22:07:23-05:00 Particip. Obs. No Comment

EVE Online is a space-based persistent world that was released in 2003, and since then has continued to be updated. While I played, there were on average 25,000 other...

Fieldnotes on Making Coffee

jnorwitt July 1, 2020 Fieldnotes on Making Coffee2020-07-01T00:26:27-05:00 Fieldnotes No Comment

Jonah Norwitt Virtual Ethnographic Field Research Methods June 30, 2020 Fieldnotes: Making Coffee I interviewed Bryan at 3 pm EST, June 30, 2020 on...

Code of Ethics: Facebook Groups

jnorwitt June 25, 2020 Code of Ethics: Facebook Groups2020-06-25T20:42:56-05:00 Ethics No Comment

Preamble We have created this code of ethics to guide our behavior in the use of Facebook groups for research. As we are researching a different subculture, this...