04:192:200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Grounded Theory, Postpositivism, Nominalism

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Communication
• Course: 04:192:200
• Professor: Craig Scott

Document Summary

Interest in understanding of the everyday life world. Text is understood through consideration of author, context, situation, and researcher"s (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) knowledge (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1: phenomenology ( ) , symbolic interactionism (cid:1) Nominalist or social constructionist positions that emphasizes ongoing construction of social reality. Subjective position that emphasizes situated and local knowledge from the actor"s point of view. Rejection of scientific methods that seek generalized knowledge and causal relationships. Cultural insider is way to know (cid:1) (cid:1) Belief that personal and professional values are a lens through which phenomena are observed. Values are asset more than a liability (cid:1) Like post-positivists, very much concerned with describing existing situation; status quo preserved (cid:1) (cid:1) General interpretive theories strive to develop understanding of inter-subjective processes of reality construction. General interpretive theories seek an understanding; description, not explanation. Criteria for evaluation: (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Allegiance to existing theory over new ones (cid:1)