SOC221H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Content Analysis, Participant Observation, Ethnography
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Field research: roots in anthropology, ethnography o o o. Complete participant : completely immerse in activity, form relationship and deep understanding. Semi participant : some participation but not at the same extent as a complete participant. Complete observer : only observes study group without participating in activities. You can be a complete participant if your studying boxing, without actually boxing. You can be a complete participant of the field research project without participation in all activities, develop rapport. Contreras told study participants not to tell him about any past murders or upcoming drug robberies. May be the case that participants who are told not to talk about some serious. Got a federal certificate of confidentiality (in case a police officer were to stop him) crimes stop sharing info on less violent crimes. Canada doesn"t have a certificate of confidentiality shield law (researchers would be shielded from subpoenas) but there have been very few researchers who have been subpoenaed.
