Me & Qualitative Research

Are you still trying to find your feet in the research world? Let’s see if the below books and articles can help. Happy reading. 1.       “ Qualitative Reaching ” by Jenifer Mason [ book ] The author dissects each method used in qualitative research and outlines qualities of good researches. For each outlined method, there is an ethics section for it, for example, if you wants to use interviewing to collect data, you have to consider “what you ask”…do not get too curious and personal and make people uncomfortable, you are not a cat- exam your curiosity (Mason 2002)! Researchers are encouraged to ask themselves difficult questions throughout the research about their motives, relevancy of the study, and ethics and morality (Mason 2002). The language used in the book is friendly and by writing in first person, Jenifer makes the book and its contents relatable. The book is useful as it breaks down the techniques and methods used in research and the e...

  Hello, Hi. Welcome to my blog. My name is Nonkululeko Hlophe…a highly social and inquisitive zulu girl from the small town of Pongola in Kwa-Zulu Natal.  I have enrolled for honours in media studies as I am fascinated by the phenomenon that is media. I want to understand the role we, as consumers of media, play in the media’s production of the texts it communicates to us. Media forms part of our social world and therefore, together, the media and us, we define what the current situation is (Altheide & Schneider 2013).  I also want to   further understand how the media influences people by looking at the “starts” or celebrities, media institutions including regulatory bodies as well as media texts to understand the signs, codes and their meanings, and how these signs and codes are interpreted by diverse people (du Plooy 2001, Fourie 2009 & Stokes 2002). I am looking forward to finishing the course with better research and analytical skills ...