Qualitative Communication Research Research Articles

Social Opportunities and Digitalized Communication of Genshin Impact Players

Genshin Impact (GI) became a global trend for online gaming culture in 2020. Many players greatly value it because of what it offers to their community. This study was conducted to understand the social interactions and communicative practices of Ilokano players of Genshin Impact. Guided by the concepts of the ethnomethodology tradition of qualitative communication research, 6 GI players participated in in-depth interviews and virtual immersion to document their narratives and practices on their social interactions and communicative practices. The theorizing evinced that social opportunities are the achievement in playing GI that is comprised of six sub-themes, which include: (1) Virtual Amity; (2) Virtual Emotional Sharing; (3) Introvert Friendly; (4) Cross-Cultural Virtual Encounters; (5) Otaku Community; and (6) Third-place. Meanwhile, digitalized communication emerged as the core category describing the communicative practices of GI players that consists of four sub-themes which include: (1) Discord (Extension of CMC); (2) Meta (Extension of CMC); (3) Genshin Impact Emojis; and (4) Face-to-Face. Hence, this theorizing revealed that playing Genshin Impact provides social opportunities and digitalized communication, improving GI players' social lives.

Qualitative communication research with environmental health scientists and stakeholders

Abstract Effective research translation and science communication are necessary for successful implementation of environmental health initiatives to improve public health. The Community Engagement Core (CEC) of the Center for Oceans and Human Health and Climate Change Interactions in the southeastern United States conducted a trio of qualitative studies to assess perceptions, experiences, and training needs relative to science communication and research translation of investigators and stakeholders. Interview transcripts were coded using open and axial coding and analyzed for emergent themes. (1) Interviews were conducted with 13 Center investigators. Most preferred in-person and written communication channels and felt comfortable communicating uncertain findings to the public despite no formal training. They asked for training on plain language messaging for communities, assessment of audience needs, and formatting research findings for various groups. (2) Interviews were conducted with 13 CEC stakeholders to learn more about their research translation needs, communication and dissemination tactics, and experiences interacting with scientists. Findings indicated the need for collaborative scientist-stakeholder training to include plain language development, communication evaluation, and audience engagement. (3) Follow-up interviews with 7 stakeholders examined specific topics of understanding, trust, and access and how those can become barriers or facilitators of public engagement with environmental activities. Findings showed the public may have limited understanding of scientific processes, establishing trust takes time, and ensuring access should be incorporated into all programs. Together, these analyses demonstrate the importance of engaging investigators and partners on all aspects of research. This presentation is relevant to other partner-engaged research and provides insights on practices for equitable and effective stakeholder engagement and collaboration. Key messages • Effective research translation and science communication are necessary for successful implementation of water resources management initiatives. • Qualitative research is important for assessing perceptions, experiences, and training needs relative to science communication and research translation for researchers and community partners.

A Rational Solution to the Debate on the Critical Voice in Ethnography of Communication Research

This article proposes a way to transcend the debate on the critical voice in Ethnography of Communication (EOC) and qualitative communication research more broadly. First, it demonstrates how EOC’s epistemological paradigm may prevent ethnographers from understanding their subjects fully. Secondly, the article offers a Weberian approach to rational interpretation as a resolution, replacing the concept of “culture” as an a priori explanandum with “practical rationality”. This move demonstrates the feasibility of a unified method in the social sciences capable of dismantling the artificial divide between interpretive and post-positivist philosophies and research designs. Finally, the article provides an illustration of the proposed approach based on some ethnographic data from a volunteer setting of open-source civic software production in Israel.

Practical rationality as a determinant of formality in communicative situations: toward a procedure for causal interpretation in qualitative communication research

Abstract This article develops an updated version of formality as an analytical framework in the comparative study of communicative situations, and especially of meetings. The discussion remakes Judith Irvine’s formality framework by adding to it the explanatory principle of practical rationality as used within Weber’s Interpretive Sociology. This conceptual move provides an efficient and accurate means by which to infer the final causes, reasons, or ends of communicative situations. To illustrate this analytical approach and how it can contribute to qualitative theorization in general, the article conducts an in-depth ethnographic and comparative examination of civic software production meetings in Israel and the United States. The overall argument of the article is that practical rationality can provide a valuable means for deepening explanations of cultural difference in qualitative communication research.

Promoting a social justice sensibility in qualitative communication research practice

This brief study applies the four tenets of the communication approach to social justice (CSJ) to illustrate how a social justice sensibility can be promoted via communicative micro-practices during a qualitative research study. By analyzing ethically important moments (which revealed both participants’ motivations for research participation and social justice needs) occurring during interviews with 26 women with vulvodynia, the CSJ framework elucidates the relationship between research practices, ethics, and social justice. Findings explore how foregrounding ethical principles, analyzing the structural issues affecting research participation, adopting an activist orientation, and engaging in identification and solidarity uphold a social justice sensibility. Theoretical and practical implications are offered.

Opening a Conversation on Open Communication Research

Abstract Many disciplines have been debating and enacting a range of policies, procedures, and practices that fall under the umbrella term “open research” or “open science.” Following the publication of “An Agenda for Open Science in Communication”, we invited communication scholars to continue the conversation on what open research practices broadly might mean for our diverse field. Specifically, we sought work that: looked empirically at the need for and impact of open research practices; considered the unintended consequences of calls for open research practices broadly; and that reflected on what such a move would mean for qualitative and humanistic communication research. We hope the collection of articles in this special issue motivates and facilitates an ongoing conversation on open research practices in the field of communication.

Walking with/through a Savage History

Research Article| January 11 2021 Walking with/through a Savage History Christopher N. Poulos Christopher N. Poulos Christopher N. Poulos, PhD, is professor in the Department of Communication Studies at UNC Greensboro. An ethnographer and philosopher of communication, he teaches courses in relational and family communication, ethnography, dialogue, and film. His award-winning book, Accidental Ethnography: An Inquiry into Family Secrecy, was published by Left Coast Press in 2009, and reissued as a “classic edition” in 2018. His work has appeared in Qualitative Inquiry, Communication Theory, Southern Communication Journal, International Review of Qualitative Research, Qualitative Communication Research, and in several edited books. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Autoethnography (2021) 2 (1): 78–82. https://doi.org/10.1525/joae.2021.2.1.78 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Christopher N. Poulos; Walking with/through a Savage History. Journal of Autoethnography 11 January 2021; 2 (1): 78–82. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/joae.2021.2.1.78 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentJournal of Autoethnography Search Our country has a savage, brutal history. This so-called experiment in democracy—this supposed beacon of freedom to the world—carries the weight of genocidal slaughter of indigenous peoples, along with slavery, oppression, and widespread public lynching of human beings. As I write this sentence, the news has just broken that an African American man died in police custody after a white police officer knelt on his neck, while he pleaded for mercy, until the man was no longer breathing or pleading. And though the officers involved have been fired, no criminal charges have yet been brought, despite the fact that video of the incident has gone viral. These human beings, who happened by historical and genetic accident to be born with the “wrong” skin color—a “pigmentation problem”1—who often committed no other crime than being born—have been subjected to a reign of terror, torture, humiliation, and execution. It is a... You do not currently have access to this content.

LITERASI MEDIA SOSIAL DALAM FATWA KEAGAMAAN (Studi Deskriptif Fungsi Komunikasi Sosial Majelis Ulama Indonesia atas Fatwa KeagamaanNo. 24/2017 tentang Literasi Media Sosial)

<pre><em><span>Social media, in addition to having a positive side, the fact also has a negative face. This can be seen from the many cases that appear in the fact of social media such as hoax, expressions of hatred, bullying, pornography, radicalism etc. This condition occurs globally, including Indonesia. Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) as the main religious institution of Indonesian Muslims publish religion fatwa No 24/2017 about the law and guidelines to act through social media. This type of research is qualitative communication research. Data collection through documentation techniques that use a variety of related literature. The analysis technique used is the interactive analysis model of Miles Huberman which consists of data reduction, data display and conclusion drawing. In data analysis, the authors use the concept of the function of social communication proposed by Harold D. Lasswell.</span></em></pre><pre><em>The results of data analysis found that the publishing of MUI fatwa No. 24/2017 is part of a form of social communication. There are three basic functions of related social communication, namely: (1) The oversight function is related to the MUI's view of the fact that the number of cases on social media and the number of users is increasing; (2) Correlation function related to MUI relations and cooperation with various parties for the socialization and implementation of related fatwa; (3) The function of transmitting social inheritance in relation to the MUI's task of providing guidance, advice and fatwa to Muslims in realizing religious and social life blessed by Allah, increasing activities for the realization of the Islamic brotherhood and inter-religious harmony in strengthening the unity and integrity of the nation .</em></pre>

Teaching content and thematic analysis using PostSecret submissions

Courses: Communication Research Methods Survey; Qualitative Communication Research Methods.Objectives: It is appropriate to conduct this activity throughout a unit focused on methods of analyzing qualitative data. Implemented during two separate class periods, this activity will help students to differentiate, practice, and reflect on two types of qualitative data analysis: content analysis (i.e. in which qualitative data are quantified into results) and thematic analysis (i.e. wherein texts are organized and retain qualitative features to produce findings). The in-class activity uses PostSecret submissions to assist students in conducting steps of analysis, and encourages students to compare and contrast the analytic processes and their paradigmatic underpinnings.

Migrations into the Then/There of What's Next

Research Article| December 01 2018 Migrations into the Then/There of What's Next Stacy Holman Jones Stacy Holman Jones Stacy Holman Jones is Professor in the Centre for Theatre and Performance at Monash University and in the Department of Communication Studies at California State University, Northridge. Email: stacy.holmanjones@monash.edu. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Departures in Critical Qualitative Research (2018) 7 (4): 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1525/dcqr.2018.7.4.1 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Stacy Holman Jones; Migrations into the Then/There of What's Next. Departures in Critical Qualitative Research 1 December 2018; 7 (4): 1–6. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/dcqr.2018.7.4.1 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentDepartures in Critical Qualitative Research Search When I took up my editorship of Departures in Critical Qualitative Research (DCQR), which was up until my selection published under the title Qualitative Communication Research, University of California Press asked me to explore the possibility of expanding the scope of the journal and rebranding and redefining the aims of the publication. Thus, DCQR was conceived and launched. The new aim of the journal was to provide a forum for scholars across disciplines to consider, contest, and creatively reimagine the form, purpose, and mission of their work. The journal sought to feature essays charting scholarly and theoretical developments in critical qualitative research, exemplars of methodological innovation, and inventive demonstrations of research as an intervention and mode of critique. It was my hope that the journal would performatively embody the notion of departure in its fullest sense by taking seriously the notion of what a new course of... You do not currently have access to this content.

What is a theme? Teaching thematic analysis in qualitative communication research methods

Course: Qualitative Research MethodsObjectives: To provide students with an experiential understanding of the six steps to conducting a thematic analysis: (1) gaining familiarity with the data, (2) creating coding categories or subcategories, (3) generating themes, (4) reviewing themes, (5) labeling themes, and (6) identifying exemplars. To help students understand the value of verification procedures: (1) peer debriefing, (2) referential adequacy, and (3) the audit trail.

Book Review: Christine S. Davis, Conversations about Qualitative Communication Research: Behind the Scenes with Leading Scholars

Book Review: Christine S. Davis, <i>Conversations about Qualitative Communication Research: Behind the Scenes with Leading Scholars</i>

Travelling Methods: Tracing the Globalization of Qualitative Communication Research

&lt;p&gt;Existing discussion of the relationships between globalization, communication research, and qualitative methods emphasizes two images: the challenges posed by globalization to existing communication theory and research methods, and the impact of post-colonial politics and ethics on qualitative research. We draw in this paper on a third image – qualitative research methods as artifacts of globalization – to explore the globalization of qualitative communication research methods. Following a review of literature which tentatively models this process, we discuss two case studies of qualitative research in the disciplinary subfields of intercultural communication and media audience studies. These cases elaborate the forces which influence the articulation of national, disciplinary, and methodological identities which mediate the globalization of qualitative communication research methods.&lt;/p&gt;

Understanding Culture and Its Influence on HIV/AIDS-Related Communication Among Minority Men Who Have Sex With Men

ABSTRACTScholarly research and government surveillance reports demonstrate that African American and Latino men who have sex with men (MSM) bear an inequitable burden of new HIV infections. Among the estimated 31,896 HIV infections attributed to male-to-male sexual contact in 2011, approximately 62% occurred in African American (38.2%) and Latino (23.5) MSM. Simultaneously, recent scholarship on minority MSM and HIV/AIDS reports a dearth of qualitative communication research that address this health issue. This manuscript reports a research study that seeks to fill this gap in health communication theory and praxis. Through in-depth interviews with 17 MSM of color, this article draws upon the culture-centered approach to demonstrate how cultural and contextual nuances, (in)access to structural resources, and participants’ agentive capacity to act upon available knowledge/resources influences the ways they manage (the threat of) HIV/AIDS.

Issues of Rural Development in Mainstream Journalism: Exploring New Strategies for Media Intervention

The present study, which is in the form of a vision document, intends to explore alternative ways of linking up expanding media business with the rural development in such a way that both rural economy and media economy get entrenched into a win–win situation. In the process, the study offers an overview of how the print and electronic media have been consistently neglecting the coverage of rural issues that has resulted in the lopsided growth of Indian economy. The study further argues that extending support to rural issues/problems of development has become, for long, solely the job of government driven media without the participation of either public or private sector electronic media. A number of quantitative studies documented earlier only proved that the space devoted for the development journalism in the mainstream press was negligible compared to their marketing and industry coverage. While the success of rural newspapers has the dubious distinction of espousing the cause of rural India, a holistic approach to the problems of rural India is yet wanting on the media front. Grounded in qualitative communication research, the present study discursively endeavours to offer some strategies of expansion of media that offers new vistas of business and marketing for the media industry by converting the most important and burning issues of rural India into windows of inclusive growth and progress, besides bridging the digital divide between the rural and the urban India.

Methodological Considerations for Qualitative Communication Research

The purpose of this paper is to examine the employment of qualitative research methodology within the framework of analysis of the way the World Heritage Sites located in the Greek territory are promoted; this is outstanding heritage that has been nominated to the World Heritage List of UNESCO used to promote a specific image of Greece nationally and internationally. Similar methodology has been followed for the examination of the purposes and reasons for the implementation of decisions related to the creation of intercultural relations and networks as well, taking Trieste, Italy as an example. The research follows a case study design using multiple measures, such as documents and archival analysis, interviews and promotional material, which comprised the method of enquiry and led to the triangulation of gathering of data. Sources of data, the approach to qualitative research, methods of verification of research and the role of the researchers are discussed. The aim is to identify topics for the creation of general themes that run throughout the data and create patterns for the research under interpretative phenomenological analysis. Then, the categorisation of themes under the umbrella of a superordinate theme takes place. Methodological challenges are discussed in regard to sampling issues, the management of data, data analysis and validity checks. The procedures followed in the specific research can be extended in the exploration of other cases; generalization in case studies is about theoretical propositions not about populations.

Exploring the Back Alleys of Publishing Qualitative Organizational Communication Research

Exploring the Back Alleys of Publishing Qualitative Organizational Communication Research

3rd ICTs and Society Meeting; Paper Session - Inequalities: social, economic and political; Paper 2: Media conver-gence and blogging in exposing corruption and fraud in India

The divide between the poor and the rich in India is getting wider and deeper day by day in the post globalization and privatization. It also sounds paradoxical to hear that the development whatever is happening in India is preceded by large scale corruption where the politicians and the bureaucrats in tandem and in perfect collusion are siphoning off billions of rupees meant for the rural development. But, none of these projects could escape the brunt of corruption in India. The paper deals with a few such stories of corruption as case studies that came to limelight and are placed in ‘convergent’ media either in the blogs of television channels or print media or on line web-portals such as face-book/twitter or on You Tube. The paper hypothesizes that the current level of exposure of corruption in 24x7 ‘convergent’ media is not adequate and would like to explore the ways and means of utilizing it (convergent media) more ‘socially effectively’ to totally curb/eliminate the corruption from the top to the lower level in the governance in India. This study therefore follows multiple methods of inquiry, besides the case studies, including surfing the existing web-portals/blogs for the mobilized public views on exposure of corruption through the ‘convergent’ media and conducting interviews with the convenience sample of media experts in the field as also analyzing the secondary documents (for case studies). The study is therefore a descriptive and qualitative communication research.

3rd ICTs and Society Meeting; Paper Session - Inequalities: social, economic and political; Paper 2: Media conver-gence and blogging in exposing corruption and fraud in India

The divide between the poor and the rich in India is getting wider and deeper day by day in the post globalization and privatization. It also sounds paradoxical to hear that the development whatever is happening in India is preceded by large scale corruption where the politicians and the bureaucrats in tandem and in perfect collusion are siphoning off billions of rupees meant for the rural development. But, none of these projects could escape the brunt of corruption in India. The paper deals with a few such stories of corruption as case studies that came to limelight and are placed in ‘convergent’ media either in the blogs of television channels or print media or on line web-portals such as face-book/twitter or on You Tube. The paper hypothesizes that the current level of exposure of corruption in 24x7 ‘convergent’ media is not adequate and would like to explore the ways and means of utilizing it (convergent media) more ‘socially effectively’ to totally curb/eliminate the corruption from the top to the lower level in the governance in India. This study therefore follows multiple methods of inquiry, besides the case studies, including surfing the existing web-portals/blogs for the mobilized public views on exposure of corruption through the ‘convergent’ media and conducting interviews with the convenience sample of media experts in the field as also analyzing the secondary documents (for case studies). The study is therefore a descriptive and qualitative communication research.

Interpretive Inquiry as Qualitative Communication Research

Qualitative communication research approaches vary from grounded theory and participant-observation to Q-sort, content analysis, and ethnographic inquiry—to name but a few. What often rests outside the qualitative rubric is the hermeneutic tradition of interpretive scholarship. This essay unites interpretive inquiry and qualitative research in summary fashion by outlining a macro understanding of qualitative communication inquiry, an interpretive approach to communication scholarship within a philosophical tradition entitled philosophical hermeneutics, and finally a public roadmap of how to understand and engage interpretive inquiry as a form of qualitative research in communication. This essay advocates interpretive inquiry as an additional contributor to the ongoing tradition of qualitative research in communication.