Sociologists often think of everyday interaction as a series of "performance." How does the metaphor of "animation" help us rethink social action in the age of digital media?
What are some examples of "animation" in everyday life? Are there any moments of animation in offline interaction?
What do good digital ethnography and analogue ethnography have in common? In what ways are they different? (In making this comparison, you may draw on examples from previous weeks.)
If you were to conduct a research on online interaction yourself, what would you study? How would you study it?