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400008 SE Methodological Approaches to Qualitive Social Research (2020S)

Continuous assessment of course work

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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 15 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Friday 20.03. 12:00 - 15:00 C0628A Besprechung SoWi, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Friday 03.04. 13:30 - 16:30 C0628A Besprechung SoWi, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Friday 17.04. 12:00 - 19:00 C0628A Besprechung SoWi, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Friday 08.05. 12:00 - 19:00 C0628A Besprechung SoWi, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. III/6. Stock, 1010 Wien

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The course aims at PhD students who are (at least partly) applying qualitative methodological approaches to data collection and analysis within the scope of their dissertation project.
The interdisciplinary perspective of the course - drawing from political science, sociology, anthropology, linguistics, cultural studies and visual studies - combines methods of data collection, analysis and interpretation such as
- Semi-structured and open interviews (expert interview, problem centered interview, and narrative interview),
- Focus groups,
- Observation
- Qualitative content analysis,
- Frame analysis
- Critical discourse analysis,
- Visual analysis (especially of images, video clips and documentary films) including political iconography, visual content analysis, image type analysis, visual context analysis, visual framing, etc.).
- Multimodal approaches to the analysis of Social Media
The course attempts to provide tailored support in order to consolidate/advance the methodological design of the individual PhD projects and discuss relevant methods of data collection and analysis.
Hence, the course focuses on PhD students' concrete project-related interests and needs.
Participants are encouraged to briefly present their PhD project (10min) and indicate their particular methods related interest during the first meeting.
The following meetings will be planned according to the information gathered during these presentations. Individual interests will be matched and relevant reading for the particular seminar units will be indicated on Moodle.
Moreover, individual consultations (45min per student) with the lecturer intend to discuss the methodological part of the thesis in more detail and provide additional advice. Appointments will be arranged on individual basis.

Assessment and permitted materials

Continuous assessment of course work: active participation (presentations, individual consultations, group work, plenary discussions): 30%
Term paper (related to the methodological design of the PhD project): 70%
Attendance is mandatory. Roll will be kept. Max. 3 hours (= 1 double unit) unexcused absence is acceptable.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Please see above.

Examination topics

No examination subjects.
Seminar paper and active participation are required (please see above).

Reading list

A preliminary reading list will be available on Moodle at the beginning of the semester and further reading (selected articles, book chapters and books) will be added continuously.

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