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==The Directed Research Group== | ==The Directed Research Group== | ||
The Covid-19 pandemic has required us to navigate a challenging information landscape. How have our institutions responded, and how have people made sense of the information provided to them? What role have search platforms played in shaping this terrain? | The Covid-19 pandemic has required us to navigate a challenging information landscape. How have our institutions responded, and how have people made sense of the information provided to them? What role have search platforms played in shaping this terrain? | ||
In this Directed Research Group, you'll conduct a content analysis on search engine results collected during the pandemic. This work builds from work conducted as part of a previous DRG in [[Directed_Research_Group:_The_COVID-19_Information_Landscape_(Fall_2020)|Fall 2020]] and [[Directed_Research_Group:_The_COVID-19_Information_Landscape_(Winter_2021)|Winter 2021]]. These previous rounds of the DRG resulted in a paper that was presented at the International Communication Association annual conference is currently undergoing peer review at a scientific journal! | In this Directed Research Group, you'll conduct a content analysis on search engine results collected during the pandemic. This work builds from work conducted as part of a previous DRG in [[Directed_Research_Group:_The_COVID-19_Information_Landscape_(Fall_2020)|Fall 2020]] and [[Directed_Research_Group:_The_COVID-19_Information_Landscape_(Winter_2021)|Winter 2021]]. These previous rounds of the DRG resulted in a paper that was presented at the International Communication Association annual conference is currently undergoing peer review at a scientific journal! | ||
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====Week 2:==== | ====Week 2:==== | ||
Key | Key Questions: | ||
'''Meeting Agenda''' | '''Meeting Agenda''' | ||
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'''After-Meeting Follow-Up''' | '''After-Meeting Follow-Up''' | ||
* Read pp. 1-2, 18-34 of Ch 1 of the online version of Neuendorf | * Read pp. 1-2, 18-34 of Ch 1 of the online version of Neuendorf | ||
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* Look back at your memos from the first week and read your colleagues' memos. What did they see that you didn't? Given our collective examination, what feels most important, useful, or surprising about this data? | |||
* There are 6 new days of data to look at. You might do a memo per day, or all days in a single memo, or some other approach: organize yourself in a way that works for you. | |||
* We'll follow our same memo process from last week: free write, immerse yourself in the data, make notes in multiple passes, synthesize and reflect. Remember Mako's comment that it's ok to treat your memo as a journal: cut and paste, scribble, sketch. | |||
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* Discuss Reading | * Discuss Reading | ||
'''After-Meeting Follow-Up''' | '''After-Meeting Follow-Up''' | ||
* Read Neuendorff, Ch 2., pp. 36-44, and Ch 3. pp 70-84. Skim the rest of Ch3. | * Read Neuendorff, Ch 2., pp. 36-44, and Ch 3. pp 70-84. Skim the rest of Ch3. | ||
====Week 4:==== | ====Week 4:==== | ||
Key Question: Is this working? Can we synthesize these codes into themes? | Key Question: Is this working? Can we synthesize these codes into themes? | ||
'''Meeting Agenda''' | '''Meeting Agenda''' | ||
* | * Open codes discussion: what did you see? | ||
* Prep for next phase. | |||
* Discuss Reading | * Discuss Reading | ||
'''After-Meeting Follow-Up''' | '''After-Meeting Follow-Up''' | ||
* Read Neuendorff p. 139-166. | * Read Neuendorff p. 139-166. | ||
====Week 5:==== | ====Week 5:==== | ||
Key Question: | Key Question: Can we make a codebook out of what we've seen? | ||
'''Meeting Agenda''' | '''Meeting Agenda''' | ||
* Codebook | * Codebook production discussion | ||
* Discuss Reading | * Discuss Reading | ||
'''After-Meeting Follow-Up''' | '''After-Meeting Follow-Up''' | ||
* Read Neuendorff p.169-206 | * Read Neuendorff p.169-206 | ||
====Week 6:==== | ====Week 6:==== | ||
Key Question: Is this working? | Key Question: Is this working? | ||
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* This is Pilot Round 1, and we are entity coding for agreement | * This is Pilot Round 1, and we are entity coding for agreement | ||
* Read Neuendorff p. 221-230, 234-248 (through just the first paragraph) | * Read Neuendorff p. 221-230, 234-248 (through just the first paragraph) | ||
====Week 7:==== | ====Week 7:==== |