Chapter 12 Flashcards
What is content analysis?
Examination and coding of documents, texts, and media output
What is the form of analysis?
printed
visual
audio
virtual
What is it?
Qualitative or quantitative
What is a document?
Any source of data
Can be read
Not necessarly produce or the purpose of the research
What are example of document?
letters
diaries
autobiographies
website
photograph
What are personal document?
diaries
letter
autobograpjies
visual object
Scott criteria diaries, letter, auto
authenticy - did the author write the piece
cedibility - is the report factual? does it reflect the true?
representaton - accurately reflect people of different classes and gender
meaning - may be somewhat elusive
visual object?
representativement?
photo not always available
no photopgrah significan
filter bias
choose photoprapgh
what does gov doc include?
cencsus
votin
official
can be authentic
mass media output
authenticity - authoship may be hard ascentain
credibility - oftern unvconvering of error or distorbtion
representativement - represent particulargroup
what is a visual output
website
email
lisserve
discussion goup
chat room
social media
Bias about visual output
authencity - not sure because anyone can make up
credibility - may not be correct
represen
represent - constant change in inform; may vary.
meaning - context, language barrier
What thing need to be analyzed?
frequency of words, feminist/sprituality, race/politics, rave/drug
subjectr theme - manifest
vlue - positive or negative, personal or public ads
What are two key concept of coding?
coding schedule - form where data is recorded
coding manual - set of instruction, number that correstpod to category
potential pitfall in deviding coding
must be mutually exclusive
must be exhaustive
must be clear (this vs that)