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
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 -- Now you try -- Questions for reflection -- Ethical considerations -- 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 -- Now you try -- Questions for reflection -- Ethical considerations -- 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.
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Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Show LevelChapter 1: Doing digital food studies -- Show LevelPart 1: Textual analysis -- Show LevelPart 2: Digital ethnography -- Show LevelPart 3: Users' practices -- Show LevelPart 4: Digital archives and network analysis -- Show LevelAfterword: Future methods for digital food studies -- Index.
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