Topics
Methods: textual/rhetorical
Practice: grounded theory, coding, themes
Read for Class:
- A-Z entry on textual analysis in Sage Qualitative and Sage Communication
- If you are considering doing archival research both of the encyclopedias have various entries on theme. I mention it here to make you aware since we will not have time to discuss at length. But, note, I am happy to talk with you about archival research, and have bene fortunate enough to visit many both in the US and abroad.
- A-Z entry rhetorical method and rhetorical artifact in Sage Communication
- A-Z entry on grounded theory in Sage Communication and Sage Qualitative
- A-Z entry on codes and coding in Sage Qualitative and coding of data in Sage Communication
- A-Z entry on themes in Sage Qualitative and thematic analysis in Sage Communication
- Coding blog
Do for class:
- Post a citation and short summary of an article or book chapter (in an edited collection; do not use a chapter from a monograph) that uses does some form of textual analysis and coding
- N.B. I have eliminated doing the field exercise for the user test or an experiment, which by class structure you would be doing for this week. It seemed to be a step too far in trying to conceptualize these methods if you are not going to use them for your own research Said another way, these are complicated methods that take a bit of preparation. If you are considering either one of these methods, please get in touch, and we will do some practical work on them.
In class:
- discussion of textual analysis and rhetorical analysis
- discussion of coding