Definitions
The process through which science is conducted.
What is research?
A movement interested in studying and transforming the relationship among race, racism, and power.
What is critical race theory?
Research which attempts to increase our understanding of why things are the way they are in our social world.
What is qualitative research?
This school of thought included scholars who were disgruntled with socio-economic systems such as capitalism and fascism.
What is the Frankfurt School?
A comprehensive overview of prior research regarding a specific topic.
What is a literature review?
The recognition that knowledge is not universal or neutral, and includes bodily knowledge.
What is standpoint theory?
A thesis which argues that race and races are products of social thought and relations.
What is the social construction thesis?
Clearly defining the target population is the first stage of what process?
What is sampling?
This school or group was established in 1974.
What is the Glasgow Media Group?
Gathering, engaging, and deploying are the three phases of this.
What is scholarly reading?
An individual’s beliefs about the nature of social reality and what is knowable about the world.
What are ontological assumptions?
The theory which considered the definition of the self in relation to the other.
What is othering theory?
This method uses face-to-face interaction in the places where people live, work, and play.
What is ethnography?
Scholar Paul Willis is associated with this group.
What is the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies?
Journal articles, dissertations, and books are examples of these.
What are scholarly or academic sources?
An epistemological position which focuses on the importance of objectivity and evidence in searching for truth.
What is positivism?
The metaphor of intersectionality was introduced by this scholar.
Who is Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw?
This method uses personal experience to describe and interpret cultural texts, experiences, beliefs, and practices.
What is autoethnography?
The Toronto School of Communication Theory was founded by these two scholars.
Who are Harold Adam Innis and Herbert Marshal McLuhan?
This stage of the research process asks what data is needed, and how best to collect it.
What is research design?
A process in which research participants are made aware of the potential risks of participation.
What is informed consent?
This theory is most useful when attempting to explain human behaviour in context.
What is grounded theory?
This method is useful for identifying the range of variation in opinions or attitudes on a set of topics.
What are focus group interviews?
Herbert Marshall McLuhan is known for establishing which idea?
What is “the medium is the message”?
This type of problematic research question hinges on the definition of terms.
What is a semantic question?