Student Number: 089010366 MA in MASS COMMUNICATIONS Key Issues and Approaches in Media Study Assignment: Choose any two of the different traditions of media research which have been identified in Module One of the course. Discuss their respective strengths and weaknesses‚ and critically compare their contributions – actual and potential – to any given media – related topic or issue of contemporary concern. Word Count: 1499. A priest‚ a company‚ a newspaper‚ a writer‚ a journalist‚ a communications
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information on cross-cultural encounters between the Western world and the Benin people. It is an entry in the Encyclopaedia Britannica from the entry on ’Negro’‚ published in 1910-1911. The author was T.A. Joyce‚ an Assistant in the Department of Ethnography at the British Museum‚ at the time of publication. It was written aimed for educated people. Upon reading the text‚ we can clearly see it was written by someone using racial stereotypes. Joyce refers to the natives as ’impressionable’‚ ’vain’
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Davis EDD/581 July 14‚ 2014 Professor Elizabeth Ashley When researchers use qualitative methodologies‚ they are motivated to design their research on the basis of one of six research traditions: participatory action research (PAR)‚ phenomenology‚ ethnography‚ grounded theory‚ narratology‚ and consensual qualitative research (Hays & Wood‚ 2011). For the purpose of my action research project‚ I chose the PAR design primarily because the process requires participation from those who are directly affected
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To me‚ Pratt introduces autoethnography as a genre of resistance. Autoethnography presents a culture from the perspective of the culture as opposed to the traditional ethnographies where a member of a different culture (typically a dominant culture) immerses himself/herself in the studied culture to present a representation of that culture. Pratt’s essay explained fully what the contact zone was as she stated it was “ social
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Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS This chapter introduces the fundamental elements of qualitative research methods‚ beginning with a definition of qualitative of research‚ followed by discussion on the evolution of qualitative research methods and how it is different from quantitative research methods. Also discussed is the importance of ethical considerations when doing qualitative research. Just like all research‚ qualitative research
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serves as a direct example of how ignorant and lackadaisical some of these people who wrote about these events actually were. The commissioner is very inconsiderate and knows nothing of the culture or the man that he plans on writing about in an ethnography that he is working on. Achebe writes an entire book on Okonkwo and I think that he is saying that if this were a European account of Okonkwo there would be a much different analysis of events. I find the proposed title of the commissioner’s work
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TPAD – National Museum CHAPTER 1 PROBLEM AND BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION The National Museum of the Philippine is the official repository established in 1901 as a natural history and ethnography museum of the Philippines. Some of the historical artifacts‚ instruments‚ and other things came from Philippine ancestors. One of the things that are restored here was the Spolarium 1884 a National Cultural Treasure by Juan Luna. National Museum has a very important role in our country to preserve the
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Throw the Eyes of Samoa’s Youth Samoa is located about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand in the South Pacific. It is also very close to the international dateline and the equator. Samoa are islands that total in land area of approximately 2934 sq km‚ consisting of the two large islands named Upolu and Savai’i. The two island make must of Samoa. The other eight small islands include: Manono‚ Apolima‚ Nuutele‚ Nuulua‚ Namua‚ Fanuatapu‚ Nuusafee and Nuulopa. The main island of Upolu is home
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Like urban music in the United States‚ bachata began as music for poor and dispossessed. Originating in the Dominican Republic‚ it reflects the social and economic dislocation of the poorest Dominicans. Derived from the Latin American tradition of guitar music‚ bachata emerged in the 1960s only to be denigrated by the media‚ mainstream musicians‚ and middle- and upper-class Dominicans‚ mainly because the lyrics often about hard drinking‚ women troubles‚ illicit sex‚ and male bravado were considered
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References: Anderson‚ L. (2006). Analytic autoethnography. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography‚ 35(4)‚ 373-395. Atkinson‚ P. (2006). Rescuing autoethnography. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography‚ 35(4)‚ 400-404 Avison‚ D.‚ Lau‚ F.‚ Myers‚ M.‚ & Nielsen‚ P. (1999). Action research. Communications of ACM‚ 42(1)‚ 94-97 Bargal‚ D. (2008). Action research: A paradigm for achieving social
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