COMM 6830 - Qualitative Research Methods in Communication

Spring. 3 credits.

Prerequisite: COMM 6820. Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

L. Niederdeppe.

Reviews qualitative methods used in communication research, including interviews, focus groups, fieldwork (ethnography), and case studies. Students practice the various methods so they can learn to apply them to their own research. Students also discuss how researchers analyze qualitative data and build theories from their observations.