COMM 2P15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Turnitin, Content Analysis, Ethnography

• School: Brock University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMM 2P15
• Professor: Russell Johnston

Document Summary

Involves data which is textual / visual: example: most literary, historical and policy analysis, ethnography. Requires data which is numerical / statistical: example: most content analysis, surveys. Example: dyer-witheford & z. sharman (2005). (cid:862)political eco(cid:374)o(cid:373)(cid:455) of ca(cid:374)ada"s ga(cid:373)e i(cid:374)dustr(cid:455),(cid:863) Histor(cid:455): (cid:894)(cid:374)(cid:895) (cid:862)record of (cid:449)hat has happe(cid:374)ed i(cid:374) the past(cid:863) Policy: (n) panned rules governing expectations for behavior; generally administrative; can be public or private, formal or informational. Archive: (n) repository or collection of original documents. Longitudinal : (adj) describing something with occurs over time; e. g. , trends or media effects. Historical and policy analysis: uses: understanding how/ why something happened in the past. Is canadian situation comparable: provide background / context for current phenomena. New chair appointed to crtc: who is he, whats his background, what experience roes he have. Knowing the past will help us understand the present: understand change.