Seen observation pt 2

Triangulation: as you analyze data from one source, consider/analyze data you've collected from another source
-does it confirm, challenge, complicate your initial analysis.



Analysis
-hierarchial relationship shapes decision-making
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Supporting Data
-talk btwn two: Seen gets final say; Seen never answers Nick's questions
-observe body language
*Nick looks away
*Seen's pointed finger
*Seen interjects in Nick's composing process
*Nick stands back to observe
*Seen at the wall demonstrating
-At color discussion
*Seen refers back to his original inspiration
*Only Seen's name on the drawing

analyzing data concepts & freewrite

Faigley's social perspective
-Coding data: reading all the collected data, looking for patterns, themes, similarities/differences to emerge.

Intertextuality (Bazerman)
1) Direct quotation
2) Indirect quotation
3) Mentioning another document
4) Commenting on another text
5) Using recognizable phrasing

"Tracing Writing Process" (Prior)
1) Analyzing texts
-same btwn drafts (one single line)
-slightly revised (two lines)
-added (all caps)
-deleted (brackets)

2) Thinking Aloud
-differentiating the various types of comments


Influence of Workplace Culture on Writing/Revising
-editorial comments
-Kleiman's 4 categories of revision comments

Analyzing Genres
-Prominent linguistic features
*uses active verbs
*presents concrete details
-Rhetorical features
*specific things that happen in an introduction that motivate the reader to participate
*what's the person doing to making an argument in the progress report
-Organizational Features
*importance of (chronological) order

Rhetorical Theory
-definitions/concepts can serve as lenses to analyze whats happening in texts



freewrite
One way I can analyze data is to look btwn drafts of the articles that the authors have given Laura and trace their writing process as Prior proposed. By viewing two or more drafts of the same piece by an author and/or Laura's editorial comments, I can see what is the same, different, added, deleted...
This will show what was considered important y the author AND editor in the article, as well as how they want the article to come across overall.

Another concept would be to analyze the organizational features of the magazine. Since I will be sitting in on many of the meetings discussing the layout/design, I will take away from those observations what the editors view as an important order, why, and how they go about placing the chosen articles into place.

Finally, the data of the workplace, how the editors interact with one another, with authors, photographers, and how their writing space is set up will show how that influences the PW's vibe in the writing process.

common topics, common places, ideologies

ideology: sets of beliefs, values. ideas that shape how some one views the world.

Ex: feminism, conservatism, liberalism, humanism, communism, capitalism, libertarianism, environmentalism

Common Topic: specific procedures/set of questions for generating arguments (heuristics)

Common Place: unstated ideas, statements that help to shape an ideology. Unstated premises that help to construct an ideology.

Examples from pg 130: Self-help, truth telling, altruism, frontier, faith in "God" guides the nation, patriotism, loyalty national flag...vague principles, myths, "traditional values", something ppl can take "comfort" in.

Who is more conservative? Why?
Hirsch is more conservative because of his consistent ideas of patriotism, tradition, honorable to your country. Zinn is more liberal because he is more philosophical, raises questions to debate and think about.

*common places are frequently resorted to in popular rhetoric*
*they provide the terms within which American discourse works*

ideologic: arguments that are made by stringing together commonplaces.

"Keep Austin Weird"
1. An "ideal" city is a "weird" city.
2. A weird city has lots of heterogeneity people, shops, ideas, cultures..
3. Austin is a weird city.
4. Homogeneity is not weird.
5. Box stores corporations promote homogeneity.
6. Government should promote what is unique in a city rather than what is "the same."
7. Austin policy should keep lots of stores here rather than inviting in corporations.


"Guns Don't Kill People; People Kill People"
1. Guns don't do anything on their own.
2. Government's job is to protect community.
3. People are inherently good or bad.
4. Good people will follow laws, bad people will ignore laws.
5. Responsible people should be given rights; irresponsible people forfeit their rights.
6. Gun ownership is an inherent American right.
7. Government should create legislation that targets criminals alone, not the tools they use to commit crimes.

ideology: beliefs, attitudes, values, ways of thinking/viewing the world that define a group.

commonplaces: help express ideologies. mode of thinking/often unexamined. short, quick ways to incorporate a larger argument, resonate with an audience. important for rhetoric and in the invention process of writing.

writing an abstract

I'm writing about two subjects because I haven't decided which one I'm going to focus my report on: the WVU undergraduate course catalog and the WVU Alumni magazine. Laura Spitznoggle is editor for both productions and has been gracious enough to give me information on both.

1) Why is the course catalog important? Is it easier to have the courses listed online or to have printed text you can hold in your hand? How are these decisions and process made?

What is the process of choosing articles for the alumni magazine? Who decides what the alumni want to read about? What makes the themes of the magazines so important?

2) I interviewed the editor of the course catalog about how it is made, what her specific duties are in that process, and how she prefers to go about her work ethics. I was invited to meetings and also received samples of writings.

I interviewed the editor of the magazine, asking her what the process of compiling a magazine contains, how much editing is involved and how she decides what articles are valuable and what aren't. I was invited to meetings on the production and also received two copies of the fall issue of the alumni magazine.

3) So far, from interviewing her on both products, I've learned that they are each lengthy works of production and take multiple revisions-the course catalog needing more. Also, it has a lot of interpersonal communications going on.

4) From what I've gathered, the editing process takes longer than the entire compilation of both products. With the course catalog, to revise every text that professors send in can take months, due to people turning in their information late, not liking how the course was exemplified in a revision, and not knowing how to write professionally. The magazine takes time to edit all of the articles people want to submit and fitting them into the appropriate places in the magazine so it flows well. The course catalog may not be available in handbook format for much longer because of how long the revision process takes. An online catalog is starting to make its way into process.

Did your final draft portray all of the information and character analysis you wanted to convey?

How did you decide what to eliminate and what to include to make your cover letter represent you appropriately?

What did you evaluate about yourself to outline your cover letter?

intertextuality

I can use the information I learned from the intertextuality readings in my ethnographic paper by applying the uses of direct and indirect quotations, terminology relevant to my topic, and applying analysis to the research.