Topics
Methods: textual/rhetorical and surveys
Read for Class:
- Broad, B. (2013). Strategies and passions in empirical qualitative research. In Nickoson, L., & Sheridan, M. P. (Eds.). Writing Studies research in practice (pp.197-209). Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press.(scan)
- Erica Hall’s Stance on Surveys (this is a medium article so its quick. There is also an embedded link at the top where you need to read it too.)
- Rife, Martine Courant. (2013). Invention, copyright, and digital writing. Carbondale, Il: Southern Illinois University Press. (this is a number of parts of the book. Read the methodology and the part about surveys as rhetorical.)
- read the entry on textual research in the The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods (available through the library database)
- read the entry on rhetorical method in The Sage Encyclopedia of COMMUNICATION Research (available through the library database)
Do for class:
- Find an article or book chapter that reports on a survey. Post your article and response in our google drive.
- Find an article or book chapter that reports rhetorical or textual analysis. Post your article and response in our google drive.
In class:
- discussions of surveys in scholarship
- discussion of when and how to use surveys effectively
- discussion of textual and rhetorical analysis as method
- final questions on illustrate assignment: lit review due 3-9
