Discussion Question

• Read the articles and summarize for your classmates the videos on the discourse and content analysis for this week. 
• In your summary, explain how the methodologies may differ depending on which specific discipline in the humanities or social sciences you are using. 
• Search the web and find articles that you feel best support the points you made in your summary and explanations that you can recommend to your classmates.
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• James Paul Gee, An Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method (New York: Routledge, 1999): 80-148  (Week 9)
• James Mahoney, “The Logic of Process Tracing Tests in the Social Sciences”, Sage Journals: Sociological Methods and Research, Volume 41, Issue 4, November 2012, 570-597  (Week 9)

Philipp Mayring, “Qualitative Content Analysis”, Forum: Qualitative Social Research, Volume 1, Number 2, Article 20, June 2000  (Week 9)

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• Introduction to Discourse Analysis  (Week 9)
• Content analysis  (Week 9)