Ethnographic Practices in Group Communication Research

Dollar, Natalie J.; Merrigan, Gerianne

doi:10.4135/9781412990042.n4

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“…Exemplary cases are not necessarily cases that are uncommon (e.g., outliers), rather they are cases in which the phenomenon in question can easily be observed and studied and hold strong potential for extending or challenging theory. Case-based research provides insight into how taken-for-granted structures and power-laden constraints function and are discursively negotiated through health volunteer’s everyday talk (Dollar & Merrigan, 2002). Given the socially constructed nature of mental illness, an interpretive case-based method of inquiry is appropriate (Brown, 1995; Crossley, 2004).…”

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The Structuration of Community-Based Mental Health Care: A Duality Analysis of a Volunteer Group’s Local Agency

Zanin

Piercy

2018

Qual Health Res

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Using a lens of structuration theory, this study highlights the ways that specific structures within the current community-based model of mental health care might enable and constrain individuals and families living with mental illness. Through a case study of a volunteer mental illness advocacy group, the authors employed a duality analysis on a variety of data collected from the case (i.e., interviews, organizational documents, and community health care data). Findings indicate that while group members encountered structural barriers to their organizational mission, they also used communicative agency creatively and collectively to (re)create structures within the current community-based model of mental health care. Member agency is examined in relation to perceived structural influence. Theoretical and practical applications of the findings are discussed.

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The Structuration of Community-Based Mental Health Care: A Duality Analysis of a Volunteer Group’s Local Agency

Zanin

Piercy

2018

Qual Health Res

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“…They allow a researcher to extract individuals' subjective attitudes and experiences, which are normally inaccessible. The researcher could also probe data by participants' interactions with one another and explore the shared importance (Breen, 2006;Dollar & Merrigan, 2002;Mediani, Nurhidayah, Mardhiyah, & Panigoro, 2017). A practical guide to focus-group research involved in conducting focus-group research was applied (Breen, 2006).…”

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Creating gameful experience in the object-oriented programming classroom: A case study

Thongmak¹

2018

OJAKM

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Gamification has become popular in education. However, gamified classroom activity together with assessment activity are not yet much explored. In this study, the gamification was tested by assigning students enrolling in a programming concept class (object-oriented programming using Java) to play a simple card game and contest their programs involving the card game with others. The simple card games are chosen to decrease an instructor’s burden. The results of the focus group discussions show that gamified classroom activity could enhance students’ problem solving skills, engagement, attention to the course content, enjoyment and friendship, understanding, and creativity. The gamified assessment activity also lets students have more time to solve problems, clearly understanding the problems, increasing their confidence, decrease recitation, and reduce their stress. Intrinsic motivation is the main construct driving students to engage in gamification, supported by students’ extrinsic motivation.

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“…We conducted a case-based ethnography to answer the research questions (see Dollar & Merrigan, 2002). This method provided opportunities to observe how team members negotiated, managed, and chained on the team’s fantasy themes and rhetorical vision(s).…”

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Extending Symbolic Convergence Theory

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Hoelscher

Kramer

2016

Small Group Research

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This study addresses theoretical and contextual weaknesses of symbolic convergence theory (SCT) through a fantasy theme analysis of a life enrichment group (i.e., an all-female club rugby team). By using a variety of data sources, including group social media posts, participant observation, and interviews, the authors found two concurrent rhetorical visions present within this group: belong and triumph. These visions were created through member chaining of fantasy themes. In contrast with current assumptions of SCT, results indicated several tensions within concurrent fantasy themes and the two rhetorical visions. Theoretical and pragmatic implications for transferability and application of symbolic convergence and fantasy themes in other life enrichment groups are discussed.

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Ethnographic Practices in Group Communication Research

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The Structuration of Community-Based Mental Health Care: A Duality Analysis of a Volunteer Group’s Local Agency

The Structuration of Community-Based Mental Health Care: A Duality Analysis of a Volunteer Group’s Local Agency

Creating gameful experience in the object-oriented programming classroom: A case study

Extending Symbolic Convergence Theory

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