Aside from the methodology discussed in these two chapters, I really appreciate the inclusion of Internet and Ethnographic Research in the discussion because I do think internet is so important and crucial in modern day life. I am aware of the form of ethnography that takes place on the internet, so called “netnography.” It is interesting how Murchison mentions “but there are groups of people and interactions that exist only in that space,” which is valid because a person and both exist on internet and in real life.
But do we act the same on internet as we do in real life? I always think about that.
Internet violence became more and more common these days and many of my friends are strongly influenced by visual ideals spread on the internet. Aggressive comments and harmful judgements are everywhere on the internet. I sometimes wonder, people probably think that they don’t need to take any responsibility for their words on internet because those are somewhat anonymous.
Do internet do more good or harm? I then wonder.
Internet, being one of the most significant technology that formed the modern society, brought convenience, but also violence. This is when I started to think: are the moral standards of human allow them to take more advantage from the technology rather than creating more harm? Does the rate of change in the development in technology match with the rate of change in the development in the moral standards of human society? This is essentially why I did not choose math and science, but anthropology instead.