Fantanella did a content analysis of letters to the editor.She counted the number of times that the words "disagree" and "agree" appeared,but she also coded the underlying message of the letters as being positive or negative.Counting the number of times the two words appeared is known as coding the
A)ideal types.
B)manifest content.
C)obvious meaning.
D)latent content.
E)words

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Counting the number of times the words "disagree" and "agree" appear is a part of coding the manifest content, which is the visible and apparent content of the text. This is different from coding the underlying message, which would involve identifying the latent content, or the underlying meaning of the text.

Fantanella Did a Content Analysis of Letters to the Editor