In this paper I will use digital ethnography as a research method. Digital ethnography can be described as ‘ethnographic research on online practices and communications, and on offline practices shaped by digitalization’ (Varis, 2014). In order to gain the data needed: Cosplay Costume
In order to discover the norms and habits of cosplayers, I was invited into multiple groups on social media. In these groups I could observe the cosplayers and detect patterns in their behavior. Cosplay Costume To collect offline data I visited several anime conventions. The data I have gathered will be analyzed with different theories, such as Becker’s (1997) on career.
