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Reading as a Researcher
Activity 3: reading methods, claims and evidence (illustrated with
Len-Ríos et. al)
Focusing discussion of the
readings on evidence, claims and methodology is a useful way of helping students
see the readings as examples for their own projects and presentations of
research. We use discussion questions like those we provide below in a number of
ways:
Here we provide some questions for the Len-Ríos et. al
reading.
Reading Questions for Len-Ríos et. al,
"Representations of Women in News and Photos: Comparing Content to Perceptions"
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Reading Questions for Len-Rios et al.,
“Representations of Women in News and Photos: Comparing Content to
Perceptions”
- Consider the
differences between the “content analysis” that Len-Rios et al. complete
and their “perception studies.”
- Why bother
breaking the research project down in this way? What does it add to
their research project to include both?
- What different
methods do they develop for measuring content and for measuring
perceptions? Are these appropriate?
- What kinds of
conclusions do they draw for each area? How does pooling these
conclusions help them in the final discussion section?
- The authors of
this article make some powerful, controversial and broad claims in the
first few paragraphs. How do they:
- Show that
these claims are not uninformed opinions, but are part of a broader
conversation (be specific)?
- Link these
claims to their specific research project: in the beginning, through
the body of the essay, and in the conclusion?
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