The first analysis covered the general immigration debate and the second covered the appearance of american southwest ranchers. Altheide is the inspiration for the character professor hoffman in the michael chrichton novel, state of fear. A qualitative content analysis of a decade of news coverage in the arizona republic and several other major american news media e. The emphasis is on discovery and description, including search for. Altheide has illuminated how media formats and media logic affect our understanding of social issues, of how political decisions are.
Altheide provides a great introduction to qualitative content analysis. Media culture and the politics of fear show all authors. The qualitative data analysis revealed two crosscutting themes. They look at traditional primary documents such as newspapers and. Altheide is a regents professor emeritus on the faculty of justice and social inquiry in the school of social transformation at arizona state university, where he taught for 37 years. Ethnographic content analysis is briefly contrasted with conventional modes of quantitative content analysis to illustrate the usefulness of. Poetics tracking discourse and qualitative document analysis.
His work has focused on the role of mass media and information technology in social control. Altheide defines the politics of fear as decision makers promotion and use of. Unlike in qualitative content analysis, in which the protocol is the instrument, the investigator is continually central in ethnographic content analysis, although protocols may be used in later. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Altheide regentsprofessor, arizona state university, school of justice studies. School of justice and social inquiry, arizona state university, az, us. Ethnographic content analysis is a hybrid methodology that draws from both of these approaches and is very adaptable to the digital field. He provides stepbystep instructions that even beginners can follow to quickly start their own projects. Altheide born august 9, 1945 is an american born sociologist and emeritus regents professor in the school of justice and social inquiry at arizona state university. Materials from a qualitative content analysis approach, tracking discourse. Narrative analysis is a qualitative research method that emphasizes stories told by the subject mat.
Altheide 1987 introduced eca in contrast to quantitative content analysis qca emphasizing the similar qualitative characteristics between ethnography and content analysis specifically, the emergence. Following a qualitative study protocol developed by david altheide. Today well be diving into altheide s approach to qualitative media analysis. In order to prepare a successful research project, a qualitative researcher often must consult various types of media documents. The impact of emergent technologies and future trends, sharlene nagy hessebiber and christine crofts. He also provides examples to help the novice through the process. Buy the paperback book qualitative media analysis by david l. Altheide looks at traditional primary documents such as newspapers and magazines but also at more recent formstelevision newscasts and cyberspace.
Qualitative data analysis of the prevalence and meaning of the words fear, victim, terrorism, and crime 18 months before and after the attacks of september 11, 2001, shows that terrorism and crime are now linked very closely with the expanding use of fear, there was a dramatic increase in linking terrorism to fear, coverage of crime and fear. News and the construction of crisis 2002 and most recently, terrorism and the politics of fear 2006. David altheide, phd, is emeritus regents professor on the faculty of justice and social inquiry in the school of social transformation at arizona state university, where he taught for 37 years. Ethnographic content analysis arizona state university. Usercentered perspectives on qualitative data analysis software. Qualitative media analysis second edition newbury park, ca. Tracking discourse and qualitative document analysis sciencedirect. In order to prepare a successful research project, a qualitativ. Mass communication, qualitative research methods, deviant behavior, propaganda and official information, and social control. In order to prepare a successful research project, a qualitative researcher often must consult media. In order to prepare a successful research project, a qualitative researcher often must consult media documents of various types.
Emergent qualitative document analysis, david altheide, michael coyle, katie devriese, and christopher schneider. In his book, altheide describes a threepart process that calls for the identification of frames, themes, and discourses within the content of written material. Altheide shows how fear works with terrorism to alter discourse, social meanings, and our sense of being in the world. David altheide is regents professor in the school of justice studies. It is proposed that numeric as well as narrative data be collected when studying such documents as tv new and movies. The author looks at traditional primary documents such as newspapers and magazines. Schneider show readers how to obtain, categorize, and analyze these different media documents in this entry in the qualitative. How to obtain, categorize and analyze these different media documents is the subject of this book. The key strength of qualitative media analysis is that it provides students and scholars with a rigorous, social sciencebased, qualitative alternative to quantitative content analysis, allowing for better and deeper interpretation of media texts. How to obtain, categorize, and analyze these different media documents is the subject of this entry in the qualitative research methods series. Altheide and explore their bibliography from s david l.
The news media, the problem frame, and the production of. The roman catholic church in america through online media. Schneider show readers how to obtain, categorize, and analyze these different media documents in this entry in the qualitative research methods series. Contents 1 educational background 2 appointments and positions 3 areas. Media analyses can also be used on fictionbased media to explore certain themes and messages a classic example would be examining violence in childrens television. Altheide has focused his research on how the media intersects with the mechanism of social control. Mass media, crime and terrorism journal of international. Process of qualitative document analysis chapter 4. The news media, the problem frame, and the production of fear david l. The key strength of qualitative media analysis is that it provides students and scholars with. Affirmative action and the media university of houston. Altheide is emeritus regents professor on the faculty of justice and social inquiry in the school of social transformation at arizona state university. Criminal justice program, department of political science. If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice.
The impact of an individual source may not be that great, but you have this model, says david altheide, who helped develop the modern qualitative media analysis. The author looks at traditional primary documents such as newspapers and magazines, but also at more recent forms like television newscasts and cyberspace. Altheides research broadly focuses on qualitative methodology and the medias impact on society. Altheide, school of justice studies, arizona state university, tempe, az 85287. Volume 38, david altheide s qualitative media analysis is an important contribution to this series not only because it deals with mass communication research, but especially because it covers a field of qualitative research that until now has been given little methodological attention. Altheide sage publications thousand oaks wikipedia citation please see wikipedias template documentation for further. Qualitative media analysis qualitative research methods. Qualitative media analysis qualitative research methods book 38 ebook. Frames focus on what will be discussed and how it will be dis. Terrorism and the politics of fear with david altheide. Using hybrid methods to study digital media media skills.
An ethnographic approach to document analysis is offered based on principles of qualitative data collection and analysis. Arizona state university direct all correspondence to david l. Altheide examines how the mass media, including news and popular culture, have cast terrorism, propaganda and social control post 911. Altheide s method tends to hold almost a dual focus on the ethnographic approach as well as a straight content analysis. This approach is comprehensively postulated in his book. In order to prepare a successful research project, a qualitative researcher. Altheide shows the reader how to obtain, categorize, and analyze these different media documents in this entry in the qualitative research.
Discover book depositorys huge selection of david altheide books online. In it, professor hoffman illustrates the media s discourse of fear using altheide s ethnographic content analysis method. Arizona state university ethnographic content analysis eca refers to an integrated method, procedure, and technique for locating, identifying, retrieving, and analyzing documents for their relevance, significance, and meaning altheide 1987. Materials from a qualitative content analysis approach, tracking discourse, of selected news media illustrate how the focus and content of. Throughout the world, the mass media are responsible for shaping the form and content of experiences. Pdf ethnographic content analysis semantic scholar.
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