Topics
Methods: ethnography or observational
Methods: interviews or focus groups
Read for Class:
Skim all of these.
- read the entry on observational research in the The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods (available through the library database)
- LaFrance, M. (2019). Institutional ethnography : a theory of practice for writing studies researchers. Utah State University Press. Skim intro.
- read the entry on focus groups in the The SAGE Encyclopedia of COMMUNICATION Research Methods (available through the library database)
- read the entries on interviewing and interview guide in the The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods (available through the library database)
Do for class:
- Find an article or book chapter that reports on an interview or focus group study. Post your article and response in our google drive.
- Find an article or book chapter that reports on an ethnography or other type of observational study. Post your article and response in our google drive.
In class:
- discussion of interviews and focus groups
- discussion of observational methods
- visual exercise with your lit review materials; reminder lit review assignment due next week