SOSC 1000 Lecture : Ethics of Fieldwork & Study of Gangs Continuation of Feb. 7th note, as well as the introduction to Jankowski's material about gangs.
16 Oct 2011
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Some studies cannot be conducted without deceit: linguists notice that when they tell someone that they would like to study their accent, people alter their speech to make their accent seem less noticeable. Therefore, the linguists have to ask indirect questions: to tell them stories about the country they come from, their families, etc. When they talk about their background, they are more likely to give full expression of their accent because they are going back in time and place: the neew york times experiment of the effects of multitasking while eating. Yes: researcher found that people with a certain accent over the phone are more likely to get a certain job. Child pornography: hard to study because it is consimed in a secretive way. Studying fascist/skinhead groups: not many people have studied this. Gang rape: hard to study this, need to be able to observe the criminal behaviour without calling the police.
