Ch 13 blog

             I like to people watch, but not as a researcher. It's more of an entertainment past time. For the sake of keeping my attention, I would have to do a "mixed method" of research.  I would probably start with the Ethnography, but when I got bored with that I would do the unobstructed method. I am critical but not very analytic when it comes to communication research.  

            Question of deception, "How do children shield themselves while telling a lie?" I would probably use multiple methods of study, but I would start with Ethnography.  This way I could go to a child care facility, or a public playground and watch the children in their natural surroundings without being disruptive. I would also do a little conversation analysis between the children to analyze personal interaction and reactions to each other, and then finish with a rhetorical criticism. I feel that any live research study should probably go back over the results and check for any missed aspect of the conversation that may have been missed.