Two Issues in the Evaluation of Ethnographic Studies of Communicative Practices.

Philipsen, Gerry

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Publication Date: 1991

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Two Issues in the Evaluation of Ethnographic Studies of Communicative Practices.

Philipsen, Gerry

Quarterly Journal of Speech, v77 n3 p327-29 Aug 1991

Discusses the methodological issues of the role of "critique" and the role of an author's announced or apparent political commitments in ethnography. Compares and contrasts the views of John Fiske and Donal Carbaugh (whose articles appear in the same issue of this journal) on these issues. (PRA)

Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Research, Criticism, Ethnography, Higher Education, Political Attitudes, Research Methodology

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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