Research Methods in Digital Food Studies
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This book offers the first methodological synthesis of digital food studies. It brings together contributions from leading scholars in food and media studies and explores research methods from textual analysis to digital ethnography and action research. In recent times, digital media has transformed our relationship with food which has become one of the central topics in digital and social media. This spatiotemporal shift in food cultures has led us to reimagine how we engage in different practices related to food as consumers.
The book examines the opportunities and challenges that the new digital era of food studies presents and what methodologies are employed to study the changed dynamics in this field. These methodologies provide insights into how restaurant reviews, celebrity webpages, the blogosphere and YouTube are explored, as well as how to analyse digital archives, digital soundscapes and digital food activism and a series of approaches to digital ethnography in food studies.
The book presents straightforward ideas and suggestions for how to get started on one’s own research in the field through well-structured chapters that include several pedagogical features. Written in an accessible style, the book will serve as a vital point of reference for both experienced researchers and beginners in the digital food studies field, health studies, leisure studies, anthropology, sociology, food sciences, and media and communication studies.
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- Taylor & Francis
- 9781000364309
- 9780367819262
- ePub
- 1
- English
- 2021-05-30
- 100
- 2
- 2
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- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1: Doing digital food studies
- Digital methods within the humanities and social sciences
- Digital methods and food studies
- The contribution of this volume
- The chapters of this volume
- Part 1: Textual analysis
- Part 2: Digital ethnography
- Part 3: Users’ practices
- Part 4: Digital archives and network analysis
- Future encounters
- References
- Part 1: Textual analysis
- Chapter 2: Textual analysis in digital food studies: New approaches to old methods
- Studying digital food texts
- Textual analysis: Then and now
- Methods for analysing media and digital texts
- Textual “readings”
- Discourse and framing analyses
- Visual analysis
- Content analysis
- Multimethod approaches
- Research design for textual analysis: A practical example
- Key lessons for digital food studies
- Using textual analysis: A how to guide
- Dos and Don’ts: New approaches to old methods
- Now you try: New approaches to old methods
- Questions for reflection: New approaches to old methods
- Ethical considerations: New approaches to old methods
- Further readings
- References
- Chapter 3: Reading celebrity food websites: Poststructural approaches
- Poststructuralism and discourse analysis
- Reading websites as texts
- From discourse to materiality
- Dos and Don’ts: Poststructural approaches
- Now you try: Poststructural approaches
- Questions for reflection: Poststructural approaches
- Ethical considerations: Poststructural approaches
- Further readings
- References
- Chapter 4: Analysing digital food sounds from a textual perspective – A case of champagne (?)
- Introduction
- Digital food sounds
- Reduced listening and iconic signification
- Causal listening and indexical signification
- Semantic listening and symbolic signification
- Key lessons and additional analytical perspectives
- Dos and Don’ts
- Now you try
- Questions for reflection
- Ethical considerations
- Further readings
- References
- Chapter 5: How to approach food texts on YouTube
- Approaches to working with YouTube: Qualitative and small-scale studies versus quantitative and large-scale platform studies
- Media platforms in flux
- All the data
- The case of Tasty
- Dos and Don’ts
- Now you try
- Questions for reflection
- Ethical considerations
- Further readings
- References
- Part 2: Digital ethnography
- Chapter 6: Fieldwork in online foodscapes: How to bring an ethnographic approach to studies of digital food and digital eating
- Introduction to digital food and digital eating
- Challenges of studying digital food and digital eating
- Bringing an ethnographic approach to the study of digital food and digital eating
- Digital food activism: Digital platforms as actors in networks of eating
- Digital food activism: The case of Buycott
- Lessons learned and outlook
- Dos and Don’ts: How to bring an ethnographic approach to studies of digital food and digital eating
- Now you try: How to bring an ethnographic approach to studies of digital food and digital eating
- Questions for reflection: How to bring an ethnographic approach to studies of digital food and digital eating
- Ethical considerations: How to bring an ethnographic approach to studies of digital food and digital eating
- Further readings
- References
- Chapter 7: Beyond the hashtag: Social media ethnography in food activism
- #hashtagactivism
- Hashtags as framing devices
- Hashtag analysis on Twitter
- Case study: The #righttofood campaign
- Lessons learned
- Conclusion
- Dos and don’ts: Social media ethnography in food activism
- Now you try: Social media ethnography in food activism
- Questions for reflection: Social media ethnography in food activism
- Ethical considerations: Social media ethnography in food activism
- Further readings
- References
- Chapter 8: Food politics and the media in digital times: Researching household practices as forms of digital food activism
- From celebrity chefs to everyday digital activists: The changing landscape of food media
- Why study food media?
- Why is studying food media important for food studies?
- Digital tools and platforms: The rise of food apptivism and alternative food networks
- Changing media methods for changing times
- Doing Digital Food Ethnography: Researching household permaculture as digital food activism
- Learning from the ethnographic turn
- How to do digital food activism research?
- Further readings
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 9: Exploring the food blogosphere
- Food blogs and food blogging communities
- How can researchers study food blogs?
- Working in the field
- Researching healthy living blogs
- Researching weight-loss blogs
- Lessons learned
- Potentials of netnographic food blog research
- Challenges of netnographic food blog research
- How to conduct a food blog study
- Determine your research focus
- Ensure your practice is ethical
- Collect and analyze your data
- Conclusion
- Dos and don’ts
- Now you try
- Questions for reflection
- Ethical considerations
- Further readings
- References
- Chapter 10: How to study online restaurant reviews
- A brief history of restaurant reviews
- Empirical work about food in restaurant reviews
- Example 10.1
- Example 10.2
- Potentials and challenges
- Lessons learned
- Ways of doing
- Dos and Don’ts
- Now you try
- Questions for reflection
- Ethical considerations
- Further readings
- References
- Part 3: Users’ practices
- Chapter 11: Digital food tracking: Combining traditional and digital ethnographic methods to identify the influence of social media sharing of health and foods upon users’ everyday lives
- Introduction
- Previous research
- Research questions
- Aims and objectives
- How to do (digital) ethnography on social media and self-tracking for a digital food study
- (Digital) ethnography
- Semi-structured interviews
- Role of multiple interviews
- Guided diaries
- Online data capture – Screenshots
- Conclusion
- Further readings
- References
- Chapter 12: How to use digital media in food-related action research
- Action research and food studies
- Action research: Ambition and criticism
- My approach to action research: A “polygamist” researcher’s view
- Examples of action research in food studies
- The case – Day-care professionals
- Project design
- Usefulness of digital media
- Lessons learned
- Dos and Don’ts
- Now you try
- Questions for reflection
- Ethical considerations
- Further readings
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 13: Food, design, and digital media
- Visual digital media and material culture
- Exploring Global Brooklyn
- Digital media as pedagogical tools
- Digital challenges
- Dos and Don’ts
- Now you try
- Questions for reflection
- Ethical considerations
- Further readings
- References
- Part 4: Digital archives and network analysis
- Chapter 14: Archived web as a resource in food history
- Sharing food in the digital age
- The ephemeral web
- Approaching archived web
- Further explorations
- Dos and Don’ts
- Now you try
- Questions for reflection
- Ethical considerations
- Further readings
- References
- Chapter 15: Tracing culinary discourse on Facebook: A digital methods approach
- Digital methods and digital food studies
- Building a corpus of Facebook posts from food-related pages
- Building a query design for Nordic and international chefs
- Building a co-chef network
- Analysing the co-chef network
- Conclusion
- Now you try: A digital methods approach
- Questions for reflection: A digital methods approach
- Ethical considerations: A digital methods approach
- Further readings
- References
- Afterword: Future methods for digital food studies
- References
- Index