If big data look at the accuracy when researching social media, netnography – as proposed by professor Robert Kozinets – looks into the big picture, the complexity of connections, cultures and meanings and the real human behind the screen.

One type of netnography is auto-netnography, where the researcher explores their feelings, emotions and evocations in order to understand a cultural experience in an online community of its own people.

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