CMN 3103 Lecture 7: CMN 3103 Lecture 7 Notes

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 3103
• Professor: Ivan Katchanovski

Document Summary

Based on content of the first half of the course: topics/issues covered during lectures, including videos. The terms ethnography" and participant observation" are essentially synonymous, although ethnography" is a more inclusive term: participant observation" often refers to the observational component of this sort of work. With both, the researcher is immersed in a particular social setting for a long period of time, sometimes even years. Behaviour is observed in an unstructured way, and often in-depth, unstructured discussions and interviews are held with the people studied. Overt: the people being studied know they are being observed by a researcher. Covert: the people being studied do not know they are being observed by a researcher. Open or public settings: ex. public parks, downtown sidewalks, etc: in an open" setting may be difficult to make observations and talk to people. Closed : private or restricted settings: ex. meetings of private clubs, social movement organizational centres, etc.