Com 473--Baldwin—Communication—Illinois State University

Course Readings--2008

Note: Required readings are in one packet. Examples are in a separate packet. Please call Rapid Print ahead of time if you want the sample readings.

Wk/Date/ Issue	Readings
1: Intro:	§ L & T, Ch. 1 class notes
2: Issues: Metatheory	§ Burrel, G., & Morgan, G. (1979). Sociological paradigms & organisational analysis. London: Heinemann. --Ch. 1: Assumptions about the Nature of Social Science --Ch. 3: Two dimensions, Four paradigms] § Potter, W. J. (1996). Analysis of thinking and research about qualitative methods. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Ch. 3: Issues of Belief § L & T, Chapter 2
3: Issues: Practical	§ Potter, Ch. 4 § L & T Ch. 3 § L & T, Ch. 4
4: Issues: Role of self Issues: Ethics	§ Lincoln, Y.S., & Guba, E. G. (1985). Naturalistic inquiry. Newbury Park: Sage. Ch. 8 (pp. 187-220): Doing What Comes Naturally: § House, E.R. (1990). An ethics of qualitative field studies. In E. Guba (Ed.), The paradigm dialog (pp. 158-164). Newbury Park: Sage. § Smith, L.M. (1990). Ethics, field studies, and the paradigm crisis. In E. Guba (Ed.), The paradigm dialog (pp. 139-157). Newbury Park: Sage. § Goodall, H. L. (2000). Writing the new ethnography. Walnut Creek: Altamira. (Ch. 5: The Ethics of Writing Ethnography, pp. 153-173).
5: Issues: Evaluation Data Analysis	§ Lincoln, Y.S., & Guba, E. G. (1985), Ch. 11 (pp. 289-331) Establishing Trustworthiness § [Method Preview: Fink, A., & Kosecoff, J. B. (2006). How to Conduct Surveys: A Step-by-step Guide. Thousand Oaks: Sage. [Ch. 3: Open-Ended Questionnaires: The Survey Form: Questions, Scales, and Appearance, Part A, pp. 23-30) § Example: Imahori, T. T., & Cupach, W. R. (1994). A cross-cultural comparison of the interpretation and management of face: U.S. American and Japanese responses to embarrassing situations. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 18, 193-219. § Strauss, A., & Corbin, J. (1998). Basics of qualitative research: Techniques and procedures for developing grounded theory (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks: Sage. Chs 6-10; Only 8-10 are in packet. 6: Asking Questions 7: Analytic Tools 8: Open Coding: 9: Axial Coding 10: Selective coding [Class reports on individual chapters; handout on GT criteria]
6: Coding/Theory	§ L & T, Ch. 7 § Further reading: Baxter, L.A. (1991). Content analysis. In B.M. Montgomery & S. Duck (Eds.), Studying interpersonal communication (pp. 239-254). New York: Guilford.
7: Collecting Data Ethnography (of Communication)	§ L & T, (1995). Ch. 5 (pp. 132-162) § Philipsen, G. (1989). An ethnographic approach to communication studies. In B. Dervin et al. (Eds.), Rethinking communication (pp.258-268). Newbury Park: Sage. § Conquergood, D. (1991). Rethinking ethnography: Towards a critical cultural politics. Communication Monographs, 58, 179-194. Examples: Philipsen, G. (1975). Speaking “like a man” in Teamsterville. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 61, 14-22. Katriel T. (1994). Sites of memory: Discourses of the past in Israeli Pioneering settlement museums. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 80, 1-20.
8: Interviews	§ L & T, (1995). Ch. 6 (pp. 163-196) § McCracken, G. (1988). The long interview. Newbury Park: Sage. Ch. 3 (pp. 29-52): “Multimethod approaches” [Examples: o Coleman, M., Fine, M. A., Ganong, L. H., Downs, K. J. M., & Pauk, N. (2001). When you’re not the Brady Bunch: Identifying perceived conflicts and resolution strategies in stepfamilies. Personal Relationships, 8, 55-73. o Optional on-line only: Collier, M.J. (1996). Communication competence problematics in ethnic friendships. Communication Monographs, 63, 314-335.]
9: Case Study Focus Groups	§ Morgan, D. L. (1997). Focus groups as qualitative. Thousand Oaks: Sage. § Examples: TBA
10: Conversation/ Discourse Analysis	§ Atkinson, J.M., & Heritage, J. (1984). Structures of social action: Studies in conversational analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Ch 1. Introduction/transcript notation. (pp. ix-xvi). § Blum-Kulka, S. (1997). Discourse pragmatics. In T. A. van Dijk (Ed.), Discourse as social interaction (pp. 38-63). London: Sage. § Ten Have, P. (1999). Doing conversation analysis (pp. 3-26, 101-128) o Introducing the CA paradigm (Ch. 1) o Analytic strategies (Ch. 6) § Examples o Schegloff, E. A. (2003). Discourse as an interactional achievement III: The omnirelevance of interaction.. In D. Schriffrin, D. Tannen, & H. E. Hamilton (Eds.), The handbook of discourse analysis (pp. 229-249). Malden, MD: Blackwell. o Gumperz, J. (1982). Discourse strategies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Ch. 8: Interethnic communication]
11: Textual Analysis Cultural Studies	§ Turner, G. (1990). British cultural studies: An introduction. London: Unwin Hyman. (Ch. 1, pp. 11-39): Idea of cultural studies [Examples o Textual: Rushing, J. H., & Frentz, T. S. (2000). Singing over the bones: James Cameron’s Titanic. Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 17, 1-27. ] o Audience: Rockler: N. R. (2001). A wall on the lesbian continuum: Polysemy and Fried Green Tomatoes. Women’s Studies in Communication, 24, 90-106. o Many others available!
12: Semiotics/ Postmodernism	§ Berger, A. A. (1998). Media analysis techniques (2^nd ed.). London: Sage. (Chs 1, pp. 3-35): Semiological analysis § Connor, S. (1997). Postmodernist culture (2^nd ed.). Oxford: Blackwell, Chs 6-7 (pp. 182-223): PM TV, video, film; PM & popular culture Examples o PM: Meehan, E. (1998). Not your parent’s FBI: The X-Files and Jose Chung’s From Outer Space. In A. A. Berger (Ed.), The postmodern presence (pp. 125-156).] o Semiotics: TBA
13: CMC & Rhetorical	§ L&T 8 § Rhetorical reading TBA § Examples: o Hollihan, T. A., & Riley, P. (1987). The rhetorical power of a compelling story: A critique of a “Toughlove” parental support group. Communication Quarterly, 35, 13-25. o TBA
14: Writing Up Summarizing/ Convergence	· L & T, Ch. 8 · Potter, W. J. (1996). Analysis of thinking and research about qualitative methods. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. o Chs. 16-17 (pp. 279-332); focus on 16-17) o *16: Critique of Qualitative Research o *17: Is Convergence a Possibility? Optional readings: On writing up: o Realist tales https://www.mlb.ilstu.edu/ereserve2/viewpdf.php?filename=JBCOMMAA.PDF o Confessional tales https://www.mlb.ilstu.edu/ereserve2/viewpdf.php?filename=JBCOMMA2.PDF o Impressionist tales https://www.mlb.ilstu.edu/ereserve2/viewpdf.php?filename=JBCOMMA3.PDF
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