John Postill

3.2k citations
51 papers · 2.0k · 2 hit papers · h-index 16

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    • Asian Studies and History 11
    • Participatory Visual Research Methods 3
    • Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods 3
    • Socioeconomic Development in Asia 3
    • Social Media and Politics 11
    • Media Studies and Communication 3

John Postill

42 papers receiving 1.7k citations

John Postill's Hit Papers

Digital Ethnography: Principles and Practice 2015 · 728 citations
7280+4+9Years since publication200400600

Peers

John Postill
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  • Communication 599
  • Gender Studies 249
  • Sociology and Political Science 1.0k
  • Urban Studies 96
  • Human-Computer Interaction 91
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All Works

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Digital Ethnography: Principles and Practice
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2015728
2
Social Media Ethnography: The Digital Researcher in a Messy Web
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2012412
3 2018136
4 2013101
5 200883
6 201563
7 200254
8 201437
9 201137
10 201431
11 201129
12 200627
13 201724
14 200920
15 201718
16
Mobile ensembles: The uses of mobile phones for social protest by Spain’s indignados
201415
17 201813
18 201711
19 201610
20 202410

About John Postill

John Postill is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication, Political Science and International Relations, Demography and Cultural Studies, having authored 51 papers that have together received 2.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Asian Studies and History (11 papers), Social Media and Politics (11 papers), Asian Culture and Media Studies (3 papers), Participatory Visual Research Methods (3 papers), Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods (3 papers), Socioeconomic Development in Asia (3 papers), Media Studies and Communication (3 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Communication (599 citations), Gender Studies (249 citations), Sociology and Political Science (1.0k citations), Urban Studies (96 citations) and Human-Computer Interaction (91 citations). John Postill has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Sarah Pink, Larissa Hjorth, Tania Lewis, Jo Tacchi, Heather A. Horst, Miguel Aguilera, Xabier E. Barandiaran, Sarah Pink, Kerstin Leder Mackley and Vered Amit. Their work appears in journals such as Social Anthropology, Information Communication & Society, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, American Anthropologist and Ethnography.

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