SOCI 2030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Verstehen, Research On The Effects Of Violence In Mass Media, Grounded Theory
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It allows us to entertain the question who says what and in what form. It allows us to look at one society and see how they become so demographic and it allows us to study the changes of society overtime (durkheim). Even as a complete observer standing on the corner of an intersection recording/watching who the jay-walking people are. You select one or two pubs on campus (random sampling can be applied here) and a sample of dates. You stand by the side of the cashier or near the counter where people make their order. Clearly, there is no direct interaction, for sure. You just listen to what they order and record the order on a note-pad. Keep in mind: one research strategy may be more appropriate for this research objective/question than another one (survey, experiment, field research ) in any case, we can use the "available data" or known as.
