Content Analysis Paper

Response Paper #5

Content Analysis

This fifth response paper gives you the opportunity to explore how Content Analyses are designed and

conducted. Find an academic article (one that is an academic research study using Content Analysis—

either quantitative OR qualitative) and read it, paying particular attention to the Methodology and

Results sections. As we have discussed in class, these will usually be labeled clearly, but you may find an

article that is not as clearly labeled. No problem. By the way, if possible, the article should be one of the

articles you plan to use for your project Literature Review.

Here is your response paper format:

1. Summarize the design of the study. How is the sample determined? (This is important in

Content Analysis!) Also pay particular attention to “units of analysis.”

2. Which theory or theories does the author cite as the basis for the study?

3. Summarize the results, paying particular attention to any conclusions the researcher reached

based on the analysis.

4. Finally, offer some feedback on the study.

Your paper will probably be something in the range of 1½ to 2 pages, double-spaced. Be sure that you

include a link to the article that you are responding to.