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2010/1 Module Catalogue
 Module Code: SOCM037 Module Title: DOCUMENTARY ANALYSIS & ONLINE RESEARCH
Module Provider: Sociology Short Name: SOCM037A
Level: M Module Co-ordinator: ALEXANDER VD Dr (Sociology)
Number of credits: 15 Number of ECTS credits: 7.5
 
Module Availability
Spring Semester
Assessment Pattern
Two exercises of 2,000 words, one on documentary methods nd one on online methods
Module Overview
Prerequisites/Co-requisites
Module Aims
Learning Outcomes

Learning outcomes

 

 

Having completed this module students should

 

 

  • be familiar with the range of documentary and online methods

     

  • be able to use basic documentary and online techniques

     

  • have an understanding of these methods through classroom projects

     

  • be able to critically evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of these methods and their place in contemporary sociology

     
Module Content
  • Overview of documentary methods
  • Content analysis
  • Semiotics
  • Visual sources (media texts, art historical analysis)
  • Personal documents
  • Biographies
  • Life history
  • Oral history
  • Multimedia ethnography
  • Research in digital environments
  • Using email, discussion lists and on-line focus groups
  • Research in ‘virtual worlds’
Methods of Teaching/Learning
Selected Texts/Journals

Selected references

 

 

Banks, M (2001) Visual Methods in Social Research, Sage.

 

 

Chaplin, E (1994) Sociology and Visual Representation, Routledge.

 

 

Hine, C. (ed.) (2005) Virtual Methods, Berg

 

 

Jones, S (ed.) (1998) Doing Internet Research: Critical Issues and Methods for

 

 

Examining the Net, Sage

 

 

Mann, C & Stewart, F (2000) Internet Communication and Qualitative Research,

 

 

Sage

 

 

Rose, G (2001) Visual Methodologies, Sage.

 

 

Scott, J (1990) A Matter of Record, Polity.

 

 

Thompson, P (1978).  The Voice of the Past:  Oral History, Oxford University Press.

 

 

 

 
Last Updated

27th August, 2009