Data analysis and categorizations' improvement
The summer vacations are coming to an end, and with them our work on categorizing the collected data. The next big step is the application of qualitative content analysis method to highlight the characteristics of narratives about the renovation program in Moscow.
Subtext and the degree of an author's involvement: what can qualitative analysis of narratives tell us about the actors involved in the process?
As part of our work on categorizing data, we continue to develop the theme of context and subtext reflected in the narratives about the Moscow renovation program. The degree of directness of the address to the audience and the extent to which the author is impersonal or involved in what is happening is not only a distinguishing feature between the narratives of the city administration and concerned citizens, but also an important element for understanding how and why political issues are reflected in the texts.
Categorization and the codebook's development
After the discussion on the research question, we move on and begin to work out those categories and codes that will be used for the final analysis. At this seminar, we discussed how they should look for a qualitative analysis and how informative they can be in this context.
Developing the research question: what is important?
The data we have collected provide a certain breadth of interpretation. To proceed with our research, it is necessary to move from the original research question of what makes narratives to the more specific aspects of the problem.
What can we say about the narratives on the renovation program in Moscow?
At this seminar, we discussed the results of the primary analysis of the texts. The stories told by the parties of the debate may follow different strategies and have different plots, but what is their level of narrativeness? We tried to summarize the plots and messages around which these texts could be structured
Подготовка к работе с данными: интерпретация наративвов вокруг программы реновации в Москве
As part of our work at seminars, we continue to prepare a qualitative study of texts containing narratives about the renovation program in Moscow. At the moment, we have developed a preliminary version of the code book for coding texts and by the end of May we plan to complete the work on their analysis.
Meeting the new members, plans for the further research and Marina Pilkina's presentation
The group's work continues and we are taking the first steps in formulating research questions for the study. With the focus on qualitative analysis we can work not only with new data that we plan to collect through interviews, but also with already collected texts that we used earlier for quantitative analysis of narratives.