Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Now That you Have the Data...

  • Analysis is making sense of your data from writing, observations, and interviews.

Ways to analysis:
  • Compare and Contrast (intertextuality) (Bazerman/Selzer).
  • +++++ direct/indirect quotation. mentioning another document. comments on another text. using recognizable phrasing.
  • Perspective (social, textual) (Faigley).
  • +++++ Coding data--teaching all the collected data, looking for patterns, themes, similarities/differences to emerge.
  • "Tracing Writing Process" (Paul Prior).
  • +++++ analyzing text. same as drafts (underline). slightly revised (double underline). ADDED. [deleted].
  • +++++ Thinking aloud. Differentiating the various types of comments
  • Influence of Workplace. Culture on writing. Editorial comments.
  • +++++ Kleimann's four categories of revision comments
  • Analyzing genres.
  • +++++ Prominent linguistic features. using active verbs. presents concrete details. rhetorical features (argument). organizational features (time-line).
  • Speaking/writing connection.
  • Rhetorical theory.
  • +++++Definition/concepts can serve as lenses to analyze what's happening in text.
Applying to my subject.

I have interviewed my subject to analysis how he/she has come to understand the client. When working outside of a normal understanding of a publisher, the level of interaction with an editor and author deals on a more personal level. In his/her case, the author is using their own funds to publish a book. This is a huge investment on behalf of the client and my subject must convince him/her is worth the investment. My subject will only edit to the extent the client/author pays for, but is willing to share information about other problematic areas of the text.
This interview was important to build a foundation of what shapes my subject's ethics.

Applying to SEEN.

Hierarchical relationship shapes decision-making because of language use between two. SEEN is also answering the questions and never asks. He is the only one with a clear idea of the outcome/interpretation.

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