After our second session

Some follow-up notes from yesterday's session:

• Yannick (and others) raised the issue of generalizability. Janet Ward Schofield has a chapter, entitled Increasing the generalizability of qualitative research, that I think addresses this issue thoughtfully. Most of the chapter is available through Google book search, and I'll work on making the whole chapter available to you as a PDF.
• Ian requested some examples of qualitative research yesterday. Now that we're looking at particular approaches, there are examples embedded in the readings. (For example, the LeCompte reading in the next session provides examples of ethnographic work.) For more examples (and a response to Angela's question about how to succinctly represent qualitative work), I recommend skimming some qualitatively-oriented journals. Sage has a listing of all its journals by journal title - some of the journals I follow that include qualitative studies include New Media & Society, Convergence, International Journal of Cultural Studies, and Educational Researcher.

Looking ahead:

• Thursday's readings are available on the schedule page
• Micah graciously volunteered to facilitate the next session, about ethnography. Please let me know what session you'd like to facilitate...
• Please respond to Thursday's readings by posting your questions/comments as you read (these don't need to be long or beautifully formed, just a way to share your in-progress reactions to what you are reading)
• I've added email addresses to the mas790@media mailing list. If you're reading this, but haven't received any messages from me (and would like to), please let me know.

Miscellaneous notes:

• Someone from COUHES is coming to ML to talk about online research. If you're interested, come to the Cube conference room (E15-135) tomorrow (Wednesday) at 1pm.
• ML is hosting a conference and proposals are due Friday. You should submit something!