reserach chapter three
document analysis
Collecting and reviewing documents in order to learn what they say and incorporate that information
into your analysis.
testuxal analysis
systenatic study of texts
content analysis
focuses on the message features of texts, such as how frequently particular terms are used,
positioning
Discourse analysis
studies how texts are used within their societal context, and what texts can tell us about the
larger societ
key advantages of using docuemnts and texts
No AI
No reacitivity bias
coding
The process of moving from the full text to either themes or variables
content
the message that the text is communicating
manifest content
literal message being communicated by the text.
latent content
the underlying message being communicated by the text.
remember the criteria
correlation, temporal order, absence of confounding variables, plausible
causal mechanism, consistency)
document analysis
is a process in which the researcher collects and reviews existing documents relevant to the topic at
hand to identify particular information—names, dates, places, and so forth—that serves as rich descriptive
detail.
consider what?
language barrier
importance of context
what are the two sources
primary- original documents
secondary-written ir compiled from original
field research
travelling o locaion to access docuemnts and indivuals directly
what are some ethical concerns
was it ethically obtained?
content analysis
aims to be descriptive and objective in analyzing texts.
what are the use of content analysis in Polisci
media analysis
parliamentary studies
political actor communication
government communications
how to define research process
define research question
collect cases for codiing
create code book
code the data (manually or automated)
analyze the data using qaunt methods
what is discource
Discourses serve as a form of evidence of ideological power within a society.
what is discourse analyysis used for
political movements
media
political elires
within social scienece research