This is a paper that is focusing on the using of virtual and content analysis to perform research. The paper also provides further instructions to use in writing the research and virtual paper.
The using of virtual and content analysis to perform research
CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS:
OPTION 1: Develop a research question to answer using a combination of virtual and content/textual/discourse/image/video analysis. Begin to answer it by carrying out at least four hours of research. This will include choosing your online corpus (text, image(s) or video(s)). Also, developing a coding guidebook, and doing an initial analysis based on it. Write a 2,000 words essay on how you developed your research question, how and why you chose the method you used and website you studied, what challenges you encountered, how you iterated the process, and how you would refine the initial question.
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OPTION 2: Go back to the question you asked in the mid-term assignment. (“how do people engage with online video streaming apps”). Rephrase it as a question to answer using a combination of virtual and content/textual/discourse/image/video analysis, and begin to answer it by carrying out at least four hours of research. This will include focusing on the same app your interview was based on, but deciding and justifying what “text” you are going to analyze, developing a coding guidebook, and doing an initial analysis based on it. Write a 2,000 words essay on how you developed your research question, how and why you chose the method you used and website you studied, what challenges you encountered, how you iterated the process, and how you would refine the initial question.
INSTRUCTIONS:
RESEARCH QUESTION
In the first assignment, you were given both research question and method to answer it; in this assignment, you are given a method, and you need to come up with a research question, or modify the earlier research question, in a way that can be answered using a specific type of this method and online.
VIRTUAL RESEARCH:
By “virtual,” we mean that your content has to be found online. Beyond this, however, it is up to you to decide what content and how to analyze it. You can use any kind of textual etc. analysis that we studied, applied to any text, but remember to match the method with the research question, and explain your logic in deciding what to do.
As with the previous assignment, the focus is on the process rather than the results. We will look particularly at how you develop your research question. Also, how you match it with which specific textual/content/etc analysis method. Lastly, how you iterate and reflect on the challenges you experience.
