This draft comes from a presentation given at the 2018 MPCA/ACA conference in Indianapolis. Introduction Communication scholar Brenda Dervin created the Sense-Making Methodology as a methodological approach…… Read more “Work In Progress: Applying SMM to Fan Studies”
Category: Research Method(ology)s
Being Methodological in Audience Studies: Applying Brenda Dervin’s Sense-Making Methodology
I’ve shared in previous posts (here and here) thoughts from my PhD candidacy exam. In this post, I share my thoughts on being methodological when it comes…… Read more “Being Methodological in Audience Studies: Applying Brenda Dervin’s Sense-Making Methodology”
CfC for Book on Mental Illness in Entertainment Media
Call for Chapters for Book Proposal The editors are seeking chapter proposals for a collection of essays that examine positive, healthy, and accurate portrayals of mental illness…… Read more “CfC for Book on Mental Illness in Entertainment Media”
Identification with Favorite Media Personae
I presented this study at my first International Communication Association conference in May 2005. It was the first major study I did by myself in graduate school. I…… Read more “Identification with Favorite Media Personae”
Three Approaches to Media Reception and Audience Reception Studies
This paper was part of my comp exams, or qualification exams, that I needed to complete before being allowed to do my dissertation. This paper basically serves…… Read more “Three Approaches to Media Reception and Audience Reception Studies”
The Multiplicity of Virtual Worlds
Our definitions and metaphors: Discussion of how researchers and designers as users make sense of virtual world technologies This short essay reflects a project that occurred before,…… Read more “The Multiplicity of Virtual Worlds”
Cultivated Learning Theory: Graduate school, year one
In the theory class of the first semester of my first year as a graduate student, I was in a group with two other MA hopefuls, and…… Read more “Cultivated Learning Theory: Graduate school, year one”
Minutia reception analysis
Methods for understanding the moment-by-moment reception of interactive media Oftentimes in media studies that focus on understanding media reception by the audience or the user, there is…… Read more “Minutia reception analysis”
So, Why Did the Media Fail You?
[This post comes from a 2005 research proposal studying how the media was perceived as hindering people. The entire proposal, with full citations and references, can be…… Read more “So, Why Did the Media Fail You?”
Women and Video Game Addiction: Experimenting with research narratives
This is an experimental research paper relaying women’s stories, gathered with Sense-Making Methodology interviews, of times they felt they were addicted to video games. My analysis, and…… Read more “Women and Video Game Addiction: Experimenting with research narratives”
