Talk:Video ethnography

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I was wondering if it would be beneficial to include some discussion on bias. In the section on important issues, there are good points on ethics and training; however, there is an opportunity to consider the issue of bias as it pertains to perspective. As with other forms of ethnographic research, the issue of etic and emic perspective should be addressed. The critical viewer must consider the objectivity of the researcher who took the video. Certain questions should be addressed. For example, why was this particular event recorded, why was it presented in this media, how are the participants being portrayed, etc.? Perhaps, it would be helpful to link this page with the article on Etic and emic, and note the work of Kenneth Pike, Marvin Harris, and Ward Goodenough.

I think it's important to include information on perspective bias - I have come across a lot of discussion in my readings re: subjectivity/reflexivity of ethnographic video and based on the amount of attention it has received, I think it could even warrant its own section. It could include the information mentioned above (why? and how?, etic and emic) as well as the influence of the presence of cameras on the subjects, the placement of the camera by the ethnographer to capture a certain angle only(i.e. how the ethnographer "distorts" reality by participating in it - as stated in Doing Visual Ethnography). --Alicetales (talk) 14:47, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

I have also made some changes/deletions in the lead section of the article for the following reasons: The article had been flagged for lack of references based on the existing introduction, I thought the content should provide a more general overview of the topic (uses, etc.) and some of the content was too specific (ex.: the use of video ethnography in process development). I have left some of the original content because, while it isn't referenced, I don't believe it's necessarily inaccurate. Does anyone know what to do in this case? --Alicetales (talk) 14:52, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

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