Researcher's reflection : multimodal ethnography of adolescent literacy / Julie F. Schappe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schappe, Julie F., author.

Series:

SAGE Research Methods. Cases. Part 2.

SAGE Research Methods. Cases. Part 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literacy--Research--Case studies.

Literacy.

Teenagers--Research--Case studies.

Teenagers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2017.

Summary:

In this case, I discuss my progression from ethnography toward multimodal ethnography as a necessary methodology to study multiliterate and multimodal lives. I view daily life, social interactions, and meaning-making practices as inherently multimodal. By multimodal, I mean that individuals continually read, interpret, and create meanings that necessitate integrating multiple modes (e.g. speaking, written word, images, gesture, and/or music). This designed combination of modes composes multimodal meaning for particular audiences. I show how I considered my research principles through literacy research needs in contemporary society and schools and the multimodal and traditional methods that I designed to conduct this inquiry. Furthermore, I discuss how multimodal ethnography influenced researcher and participant relationships, roles, and the need to position participants as co-constructors of data analyses and interpretations when incorporating complex multimodal compositions. I provide examples from my recent multimodal ethnography of adolescent literacy to illustrate research practicalities, methods design, data collection, and data analysis. I also discuss lessons I learned related to the challenges of project scope, research relationships, and writing about long-term inquiries.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781473972834 (ebook) :

9781473972834

OCLC:

972607209