LS221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Gender Analysis, Scale-Invariant Feature Transform, Semiotics
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The examination and coding of documents and texts of any type (printed, visual, virtual, aural) Exp in 65% of newspaper articles on refugees to canada the word terrorist appears. This includes both manifest (what is being talked about) and latent context (the implied message) Exp. manifest; the subject of women in politics. Are things presented in a positive or negative light. The types of front that is presented. The form where the data are recorded. Sift through the document and pull out bits of information that are interesting to you. The actual sheet/program that will contain the data. What you need to code and how. A response should not fall into more than one category. Dump category that holds information that you don"t know what to do with. Exp. option could be other , unknown ect. The unit of analysis must be clear. Pilot testing will reduce the risk of error.