Deck 8: Ethnography

Question 1

Briann is describing things she knows and can easily talk about. She is using ….

A) Implicit cultural knowledge
B) Thick description
C) Dense description
D) Explicit cultural knowledge

Answer 1

Explicit cultural knowledge

Question 2

Kiah has a hard time explaining the concept of romance to boyfriend. She is using _______.

A) Implicit cultural knowledge
B) Thick description
C) Dense description
D) Explicit cultural knowledge

Answer 2

Implicit cultural knowledge

Question 3

Adrianna is explaining in-depth Job's Daughters to her friends. Her explanation is known in ethnography as ______.

A) Implicit cultural knowledge
B) Thick description
C) Dense description
D) Explicit cultural knowledge

Answer 3

Thick description

Question 4

EOS is a method for studying culturally specific communication practices and patterns. EOS stands for?

A) Ethnography of Speaking
B) Ethics of Speaking
C) Ethnography of Sequences
D) Ethnography of Series

Question 5

The acronym SPEAKING stands for?

A) Stories, Participants, Envision, Act, Key
B) Setting, Participants, Ends, Act, Key
C) Stories, Participants, Ends, Act, Key
D) Settings, Perspective, Ends, Act, Key

Question 6

Suzanne, Anne, Heather, and Emily are roommates who have spent so much time together they have developed a "short hand" for understanding each other. The four friends have developed a _______?

A) Speech Community
B) Cultural Community
C) Critical Campus
D) Speech Campus

Question 7

An Ethnography of Communication (EOC) is most interested in?

A) the speech acts of speech communities
B) the speech codes of communities
C) the shared codes of communication between groups
D) the shared actions between cultural groups

Question 8

Damiris is reflecting on her own communication experiences and how those experiences connect with a culture she is studying. Kirstin is conducting a _____.

A) Ethnography
B) Autoethnography
C) Self-reflective ethnography
D) Implicit ethnography

Question 9

Many autoethnographies are written as:

A) Journals
B) Short stories
C) Poems
D) All of the above

Question 10

One of the first goals of an ethnography is to make ________ claims about the culture of interest.

A) Descriptive claims
B) Interpretive claims
C) Evaluative claims
D) Reformist claims

Question 11

Elza is studying practices in a local strip club. She has identified certain unique communication practices which helps the bond the employees. Elza is making _______.

A) Descriptive claims
B) Interpretive claims
C) Evaluative claims
D) Reformist claims

Question 12

A form of critical ethnography when the researcher judges the value of a communication message.

A) Descriptive claims
B) Interpretive claims
C) Evaluative claims
D) Reformist claims

Question 13

A type of claim when a scholar uses an ethnography to develop arguments for a change in the behavior of a cultural group.

A) Descriptive claims
B) Interpretive claims
C) Evaluative claims
D) Reformist claims

Question 14

A type of claim when a scholar uses an ethnography to develop arguments for a change in the behavior of a cultural group.

A) Descriptive claims
B) Interpretive claims
C) Evaluative claims
D) Reformist claims

Question 15

A type of claim when a scholar uses an ethnography to develop arguments for a change in the behavior of a cultural group.

A) Descriptive claims
B) Interpretive claims
C) Evaluative claims
D) Reformist claims

Question 16

Lexie is studying practices in a local strip club. The intent of her research is to call for change in this type of environment. Elza is making _______.

A) Descriptive claims
B) Interpretive claims
C) Evaluative claims
D) Reformist claims

Question 17

Miklah is studying communication practices in a local strip club. She decides to engage in _____________ by getting a job as a bartender at the club (with IRB approval, of course!).

A) Participant observation
B) Interviews
C) Oral history
D) Personal narrative

Question 18

Nicole is gathering stories as part of an ethnographic study. Gathering stories is when an researcher uses ______________ to collect data.

A) Participant observation
B) Interviews
C) Oral history
D) Personal narrative

Question 19

Lily is recalling historical moments from her life, which is known as an ________________.

A) Participant observation
B) Interviews
C) Oral history
D) Personal narrative

Question 20

Lily is telling a researcher her personal opinion of the election of Barack Obama to the U.S. Presidency, which is called?

A) Participant observation
B) Interviews
C) Oral history
D) Personal narrative

Question 21

When might a researcher decide an ethnography is a good approach for a study?

Question 22

What role do warrants play in an ethnographic study?

Question 23

Why is cultural knowledge important for studying communication?

Question 24

Why might interviews be useful in an ethnographic study?

Question 25

How is an EOS different from an EOC?

Question 26

List and describe the components of the SPEAKING framework.

Question 27

Detail the process for data analysis in an ethnographic study. Identify any strengths and weaknesses of various options.