CS235 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Social Constructionism, Structured Interview, Antipositivism

• School: WLU
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: CS235
• Professor: Jenna Hennebry

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Interviews: structured interview (interviewer-administered questionnaires, semi-structured interview (qualitative research interviews, unstructured or in-depth interview. Common mistake: related rates: tailor language to the audience, how you dress. Goal of a qualitative interview: make person comfortable and collect data. If they feel comfortable in a coffee shop, the reco(cid:396)di(cid:374)g (cid:373)a(cid:455) (cid:271)e t(cid:396)ash (cid:271)ut if that(cid:859)s all (cid:455)ou can get from them, you can take hand notes. > you want a comfortable environment, so conversation will happen. Themes of second part of course: world is socially constructed by the individuals inhabiting it. Interpretive paradigm: we move from social facts to social constructionism as the dominant model of research and analysis. Model of interpretivism and constructivism: social sciences cannot be modelled on the natural sciences. Inductive rather than deductive; explanatory rather than inferential: go out a(cid:374)d fi(cid:374)d (cid:449)hat people a(cid:396)e doi(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d the(cid:374) de(cid:448)elop a (cid:862)g(cid:396)ou(cid:374)ded theo(cid:396)(cid:455)(cid:863) (cid:894)glase(cid:396) and strauss)