DOCTORAL RESEARCH METHODS IIB (COMMUNICATION AND THE STUDY OF MEANING) Glasser/Communication 314 Stanford University Spring Quarter 2006 An examination of the logic of qualitative research methods, focusing on the study of communication as cultural practice. Discussions include the nature of interpretive, as opposed to predictive, theories of communication; and the use of various techniques in the analysis of the meaning of communication, including the ethnographic interview, participant observation, and discourse analysis. READINGS There are two required books, available in the bookstore: Clifford Geertz, The Interpretation of Cultures. New York: Basic Books, 1973. Thomas R. Lindlof and Bryan C. Taylor, Qualitative Communication Research Methods, 2 nd ed. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 2002. And there are 15 readings, available from the instructor: James Anderson, Scholarship in Society, 186-199 in Communication Theory: Epistemological Foundations. New York: Guilford, 1996. Richard Bernstein, Empirical Theory, pp. 1-54 in The Restructuring of Social and Political Theory. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976. James W. Carey, Communication As Culture. Boston: Unwin Hyman, 1989. Clifford G. Christians and James W. Carey, The Logic and Aims of Qualitative Research, pp. 354-374 in Guido H. Stempel III and Bruce H. Westley, eds., Research Methods in Mass Communication, 2nd ed. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1989. Norman Denzin, The Art and Politics of Interpretation, pp. 500-515 in Norman K. Denzin and Yvonna S. Lincoln, eds., Handbook of Qualitative Research. Thousand Oaks Calif.: Sage, 1994. Andrea Fontana and James H. Frey, Interviewing: The Art of Science, pp. 361-376 in Norman K. Denzin and Yvonna S. Lincoln, eds., Handbook of Qualitative Research. Thousand Oaks Calif.: Sage, 1994. Theodore L. Glasser and James S. Ettema, When the Facts Don t Speak for Themselves: A Study of the Use of Irony in Daily Journalism, Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 10
2 (December 1993): 322-338. Stuart Hall, The Rediscovery of Ideology: The Return of the Repressed in Media Studies, pp. 56-90 in Michael Gurevitch et al., Culture, Society and Media. London: Metheun, 1982. Susan Herbst, The Meaning of Public Opinion: Citizens Constructions of Political Reality, Media, Culture and Society, 15 (1993): 437-454. Joe L. Kincheloe and Peter L. McLaren, Rethinking Critical Theory and Qualitative Research, pp. 138-157 in Norman K. Denzin and Yvonna S. Lincoln, eds., Handbook of Qualitative Research. Thousand Oaks Calif.: Sage, 1994. Paul Lazarsfeld, Remarks on Administrative and Critical Communications Research, Studies in Philosophy and Social Science, 9 (1941): 2-16 John Pauly, A Beginner s Guide to Doing Qualitative Research in Mass Communication, Journalism Monographs, 125, February 1991. Andrea L. Press and Elizabeth R. Cole, Speaking of Abortion: Television and Authority in the Lives of Women. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999. Richard Rorty, Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1979. Michael Schudson, Does News Matter? (Media Effects, Parts I and II), pp. 16-32 in The Sociology of News. New York: Norton, 2003. TERM PAPER Three copies are due Wednesday, June 7. Appropriate topics will be discussed in class. WEEKLY CASE STUDIES The weekly study questions are a genuine effort to focus our discussions; they are not intended as busy-work. Your answer to each week's question, due in class, should not exceed two pages (typed, double-spaced, please). INSTRUCTOR/OFFICE HOURS Ted Glasser 340 McClatchy Hall Wednesdays, 9:00-12:00; 1:30-2:30; and by appointment 723-0962; glasser@stanford.edu
3 SCHEDULE Week of April 5 INTRODUCTION Week of April 12 COMMUNICATION AND CULTURAL STUDIES Geertz, The Interpretation of Culture, pp. 3-30 Carey, Communication As Culture, pp. 13-36 Schudson, The Sociology of News, pp. 16-63 Week of April 19 THE FOUNDATIONS OF ANTI-FOUNDATIONALISM Geertz, The Interpretation of Cultures, pp. (3) 33-83. Bernstein, The Restructuring of Social and Political Theory, pp. 1-53; 103-114. Week of April 26 CULTURE AND ITS INTERPRETATIONS Geertz, The Interpretation of Cultures, pp. 87-141. Lindlof and Taylor, Qualitative Communication Research Methods, chapters 1 and 2 Week of May 3 THE LOGIC OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH, PART I Clifford G. Christians and James W. Carey, The Logic and Aims of Qualitative Research John Pauly, A Beginner s Guide to Doing Qualitative Research in Mass Communication
4 Week of May 10 THE LOGIC OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH, PART II Lindlof and Taylor, Qualitative Communication Research Methods, chapters 3 through 6; and 8. Andrea Fontana and James H. Frey, Interviewing: The Art of Science Norman Denzin, The Art and Politics of Interpretation Week of May 17 CRITICAL VERSUS CULTURAL STUDIES Joe L. Kincheloe and Peter L. McLaren, Rethinking Critical Theory and Qualitative Research Paul Lazarsfeld, Remarks on Administrative and Critical Communications Research Stuart Hall, The Rediscovery of Ideology: The Return of the Repressed in Media Studies Week of May 24* RESEARCH IN PRACTICE: THE AUTHORITY OF THE AUTHOR Andrea L. Press and Elizabeth R. Cole, Speaking of Abortion Week of May 31 RESEARCH IN PRACTICE: TALK AND TEXTS Susan Herbst, The Meaning of Public Opinion: Citizens Constructions of Political Reality Theodore L. Glasser and James S. Ettema, When the Facts Don t Speak for Themselves: A Study of the Use of Irony in Daily Journalism James Anderson, Scholarship in Society
5 Week of June 7 DISCUSSION OF EXTENDED ABSTRACT Week of June 14 DISCUSSION OF PAPER ADDITIONAL BOOKS AND ARTICLES ON QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS Michael H. Agar, The Professional Stranger: An Informal introduction to Ethnography, 2 nd ed. New York: Academic Press, 1996. James Clifford and George A. Marcus, Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986. Norman K. Denzin, Interpretive Ethnography: Ethnographic Practices for the 21st Century. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 1996. Norman K. Denzin and Yvonna S. Lincoln, eds., Handbook of Qualitative Research. Thousands Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 1994. Uwe Flick, An Introduction to Qualitative Research, 2 nd ed. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 2002. Robert S. Fortner and Clifford G. Christians, Separating the Wheat from Chaff in Qualitative Studies, pp. 375-387 in Guido H. Stempel III and Bruce H. Westley, eds., Research Methods in Mass Communication, 2nd ed. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1989. James Paul Gee, An Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method, 2 nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2005. Barney G. Glaser and Anselm L. Strauss, The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research. Chicago: Aldine, 1967. T. E. Jayaratne and A. J. Stewart, Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences: Current Feminist Issues and Practical Strategies, in M Fonow and J. A. Cook, eds., Beyond Methodology: Feminist Scholarship as Lived Research. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1991. Thomas R. Lindlof and Bryan C. Taylor, Qualitative Communication Research Methods, 2 nd ed. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 2002. D. Soyini Madison, Critical Ethnography: Method, Ethics, and Performance. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 2005.
6 Catherine Marshall and Gretchen B. Rossman, Designing Qualitative Research, 4 th ed. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 2006. Joseph A. Maxwell, Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach, 2 nd ed. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 2005. Hugh Mehand and Houston Wood, The Reality of Ethnomethodology. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1975. Lyn Richards, Handling Qualitative Data: A Practical Guide. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 2005. Catherine Kohler Riessman, Narrative Analysis. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 1993. David Silverman, ed., Qualitative Research: Theory, Methods and Practice, 2 nd ed. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 2004. Anselm Strauss and Juliet M. Corbin, Basics of Qualitative Research: Techniques and Procedures for Developing Grounded Theory, 2 nd ed. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 1998.