Workshop II: Qualitative Social Science Methods for Media Studies
CMS.951 · Comparative Media Studies/Writing · Graduate · Spring 2015
Prof. Ian Condry, Prof. T. L. Taylor
This course focuses on a number of qualitative social science methods that can be productively used in media studies research including interviewing, participant observation, focus groups, cultural probes, visual sociology, and ethnography. The emphasis will primarily be on understanding and learning concrete techniques that can be evaluated for their usefulness in any given project and utilized as needed. Data organization and analysis will be addressed. Several advanced critical thematics wil…
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