15. Working with Documents

2019 ◽  
pp. 291-310
Author(s):  
Tom Clark ◽  
Liam Foster ◽  
Alan Bryman
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Student Research ◽  
Documentary Data ◽  
Practical Guide

Although much of the data used in social science dissertation projects is produced by interviews, surveys, and participant observation, there are other forms of data that can be used for the purposes of social science. This chapter explores some of this ‘documentary’ data and how to use it for the purposes of research. Documentary forms of data have some significant advantages that make them particularly useful for student research projects. This does not mean that they are without problems, but the chapter provides a practical guide for those who are prepared to look beyond familiar horizons. It makes the case for using documents; explores what can be included under the broad heading of documents; and introduces both quantitative and qualitative content analysis as a means to analyse documents.

scholarly journals RELIGIOUS AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES OF HUMAN SPEECH UNIQUENESS

2020 ◽  
pp. 90-102
Author(s):  
Khalid Ahmed Hassan AHMED
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Animal Communication ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Speech And Language ◽  
Human Speech ◽  
Human Organs ◽  
Religious Aspects

This study aims at surveying some verses of the Holly Qur'an and equating them with some aspects of the scientific physiological makeup of the human body. The previous research projects have concentrated on the physiological aspects of human speech uniqueness neglecting the religious aspects that make human speech and language a divine privilege that distinguishes human beings from other creatures. We believe that a review and analysis of the verses of creation in the Holly Qur'an will support the hypothesis that human speech and language is unique in terms of this upright creation which is needed to fulfill the religious obligations and to comprehend these religious teachings. Furthermore, the review of the scientific physiological makeup of the human organs of speech in particular will support the religious aspects of the study. To process this study first an intensive survey over the concerned Qur'an verses of creation and language endowment then some correlation between these reviewed verses and the studies in the physiological makeup of the organs of speech will be made. The qualitative content analysis approach will be followed for data collection, analysis, interpretation and discussion. Key words: Language Uniqueness, Supremacy, Upright Creation, Animal Communication, Honor, Vicegerent, Soul Blowing.

scholarly journals Playing to continue being a child and freeing itself from the confinement of the hospitalization under precaution

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jéssica Renata Bastos Depianti ◽  
Luciana de Lione Melo ◽  
Circéa Amália Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Symbolic Interactionism ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Way

Abstract Objective: To understand the meaning of playing for the hospitalized child under precaution. Method: Qualitative research, where Symbolic Interactionism is the theoretical framework and Qualitative Content Analysis is the methodological one. It was attended by eight children aged between 5 and 10. Data were collected through participant observation of playful activities developed with the child by a nurse-researcher and semi-structured interviews mediated by story-drawing with theme. Results: Data showed the evolution of the interactions among toy, researcher and child; their rapid acceptance to get involved in playing; the way they explore the toys; the desire to free themselves from confinement; the relief of stress, the mastery of the situation and the protagonism enabled by the playing; the way they outline the hospital and the importance of having someone to play. Final considerations: Nurses should use creativity, seeking strategies that allow the child to play in this environment full of restrictions.

scholarly journals Russian Youth Forums: Sites of Managed Youth Empowerment

Young ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 110330882199093
Author(s):  
Kristiina Silvan
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Young People ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Youth Participation ◽  
Summer Camps ◽  
Youth Empowerment ◽  
Youth Policy ◽  
The Government

In the 2010s Russia, government-organized local, regional and national youth forums have become major sites for state-youth interaction. These typically weeklong summer camps are organized across Russia, attracting up to one million participants annually. Although the forums have diverse foci, they are all formal platforms of youth participation, aimed at young people engaging in ‘compliant’ forms of activism. Drawing from qualitative content analysis of official reports and media accounts combined with participant observation and interview data, this article analyses the forums as a case of youth policy in an authoritarian political setting. It finds that the government treats youth as a ‘problematic resource’. Moreover, while the forums’ agenda is defined by the policymakers, young people acquire and apply agency to navigate and negotiate the official agenda and re-signify it to respond to their interests. This process, it is argued, has an empowering effect regardless of the constraining authoritarian setting.

A Qualitative Content Analysis of Gender Transitions in the Workplace

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie E. Brewster ◽  
Esther N. Tebbe ◽  
Brandon L. Velez
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis

“We Speak the Truth!”

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-80
Author(s):  
Sari Hanafi
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Science ◽  
The Political ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
The Social ◽  
Academic Qualifications

This study investigates the preachers and their Friday sermons in Lebanon, raising the following questions: What are the profiles of preachers in Lebanon and their academic qualifications? What are the topics evoked in their sermons? In instances where they diagnosis and analyze the political and the social, what kind of arguments are used to persuade their audiences? What kind of contact do they have with the social sciences? It draws on forty-two semi-structured interviews with preachers and content analysis of 210 preachers’ Friday sermons, all conducted between 2012 and 2015 among Sunni and Shia mosques. Drawing from Max Weber’s typology, the analysis of Friday sermons shows that most of the preachers represent both the saint and the traditional, but rarely the scholar. While they are dealing extensively with political and social phenomena, rarely do they have knowledge of social science

Deconstructing Persuasiveness of Online Hotel Review Platforms

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 319-333
Author(s):  
Edina Ajanovic ◽  
Beykan Çizel
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processing ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Hotel Management ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Structure Characteristics ◽  
Peripheral Cues ◽  
Review Management ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Multiple Case

Considering the significant influence of online hotel reviews on both tourism demand and supply side, these may be considered as a successful persuasive tool. Accordingly, it is necessary to investigate the broader context in which reviews are generated and what are the components that contribute to their effectiveness. The main goal of this study was to analyze the communication occurring on hotel review platforms from a social psychological perspective through understanding structure, characteristics, and functions of attitudes expressed in guests' reviews. In addition, it aims to identify how persuasive cues in review responses should be defined. Following this aim, the authors applied multiple case study design and collected data in several stages through document analysis, participant observation, netnography, and interviews with different stakeholders involved in online review management process. Results of the qualitative content analysis showed that, in order to use the full persuasive potential of review platforms, it is necessary for hotel management to define its presence and visibility on these platforms, to conduct in-depth analysis of structure, characteristics, and functions of attitudes expressed in reviews, and to establish a systematic approach towards use of central and peripheral cues in review responses to induce desired cognitive processing of these messages.

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