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| Qualitative Research Reports in Communication |
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| Volume 8(1), 2007 |
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| CONTENTS |
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Chesebro, James W., and Borisoff, Deborah J. |
What makes qualitative research qualitative? |
3-14 |
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| | The discipline of communication is marked by an increasing number of means of understanding | |
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methodology
theory
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Waite, Catherine |
On the evolution of a discipline. |
15-19 |
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| | The discipline, as a collective ensemble of voices, offers a cogent discourse regarding methodologies | |
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methodology
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Jackson, II, Ronald L., Drummond, Darlene K., and Camara, Sakile |
What is qualitative research? |
21-28 |
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| | The defining nature and characteristics of qualitative research are surveyed in this article, which identifies key distinctions between method and methodology | |
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methodology
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Arnett, Ronald C. |
Interpretive inquiry as qualitative communication research. |
29-35 |
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| | Qualitative communication research approaches vary from grounded theory and participant-observation to Q-sort, content analysis, and ethnographic inquiry -- to name but a few | |
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theory
methodology
critical theory
higher education
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Cowan, Renee, and Hoffman, Mary F. |
The flexible organization: How contemporary employees construct the work/life border. |
37-44 |
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| | The subject of work/life balance and boundaries has received much scholarly attention in the last 15 years | |
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organizational
theory
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Brann, Maria |
Health care providers' confidentiality practices and perceptions. Expanding a typology of confidentiality breaches in health care communication. |
45-52 |
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| | Confidentiality breaches of health information can affect every person who seeks medical care | |
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health
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Gumpert, Gary |
Quality is thy name. |
53-56 |
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| | In this short exploratory and contemplative essay, the author asks if there is a need in the communication discipline for a scholarly venue for the carefully crafted "short exploratory and contemplative essay." What is the role of the contemplative forms of scholarship, as compared to research that seeks to prove something? The essay examines the issue of "quality" in "qualitative" research and considers the nature and contributions of qualitative research within the fractionalized communication discipline | |
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higher education
methodology
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Swift, Crystal Lane |
"I had an abortion.": The rhetorical situation of a Planned Parenthood t-shirt. |
57-63 |
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| | This article analyzes the rhetorical situation surrounding a t-shirt sold by Planned Parenthood | |
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rhetoric
gender
contemporary issues
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