CMST 2RA3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Critical Discourse Analysis, Official Statistics, Subgroup Analysis
26 Apr 2019
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Visual objects: photographs are of interest as they have potential to reveal important information about families, 3 types of home photos: Idealization: formal portraits: natural portrayal: informal snapshot capturing action as it happens, demystification: depicting the subject in an atypical, often embarrassing, situation. Government documents: state produces a great deal of quantitative statistical information, credibility criterion requires us to consider whether the documentary source is biased, caution is necessary in attempting to treat them as depictions of reality. Virtual outputs and the internet as objects of analysis: text has traditionally been used to mean a written document but recently it has been applied to a wide range of phenomenon. Texts" are considered materials that can be interpreted to produce readings". Reliability and validity: reliability is jeopardized when the definitions and policies regarding the phenomenon to be counted vary over time.
