Methods Flashcards
What is content analysis
Analyses media such as books and films
What types of content analysis is there?
Summative - you come up with some codes before and some codes after - mainly quantitative
Top - down
Coming up with codes then watching the media
Bottom - down
Reading the data and then coming up with codes
What is thematic analysis
It’s a way of analysing qualitative data usually from interviews or questionnaires - you immerse
Yourself in the data then you pick out important codes or themes and then the produce a written analysis based on your interpretations of the data
What is grounded theory
When you research a particular area collect all the data needed and then come up with a theory based on your data xx