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@article{citeulike:4883349, abstract = {An ethnographic approach to document analysis is offered based on principles of qualitative data collection and analysis. It is proposed that numeric as well as narrative data be collected when studying such documents as TV new and movies. Ethnographic content analysis is briefly contrasted with conventional modes of quantitative content analysis to illustrate the usefulness of constant comparison for discovering emergent patterns, emphases and themes in an analysis of TV news coverage of the Iranian hostage situation. It is suggested that an ethnographic perspective can help delineate patterns of human action when document analysis is conceptualized as fieldwork.}, author = {Altheide, David L.}, citeulike-article-id = {4883349}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00988269}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/w88h572217381827}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1007/BF00988269}, journal = {Qualitative Sociology}, keywords = {content\_analysis, eca, ethnography, methods, qualitative\_research}, month = {March}, number = {1}, pages = {65--77}, posted-at = {2009-06-17 20:04:36}, priority = {0}, title = {Reflections: Ethnographic content analysis}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00988269}, volume = {10}, year = {1987} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4883349 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4883349 N2 - An ethnographic approach to document analysis is offered based on principles of qualitative data collection and analysis. It is proposed that numeric as well as narrative data be collected when studying such documents as TV new and movies. Ethnographic content analysis is briefly contrasted with conventional modes of quantitative content analysis to illustrate the usefulness of constant comparison for discovering emergent patterns, emphases and themes in an analysis of TV news coverage of the Iranian hostage situation. It is suggested that an ethnographic perspective can help delineate patterns of human action when document analysis is conceptualized as fieldwork. IS - 1 JF - Qualitative Sociology EP - 77 TI - Reflections: Ethnographic content analysis VL - 10 SP - 65 KW - content_analysis KW - eca KW - ethnography KW - methods KW - qualitative_research AU - Altheide, David PY - 1987/03/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00988269 ER -