Briefly explain the following steps in ethnographic data collection: gaining access to the setting, selecting key informants, taking field notes, and exiting the field.

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Briefly explain the following steps in ethnographic data collection: gaining access to the setting, selecting key informants, taking field notes, and exiting the field. 10 points

Define and describe a speech community to which you belong. Then discuss how code switching and the communal function of communication are reflected in the speech community you have described. 10 points

List and define the different roles that the researcher/observer can take as discussed in class videos? 10 points

Define and give an example of an ethnographic project. Make sure to include examples of both signification symbols and interaction patterns. 10 points

The head of the communication department at your institution has asked you to get information on students’ and faculty’s perceptions regarding the kinds of communication courses that should be offered. The information is needed as part of a project to update the department’s course offerings. Discuss whether you would conduct individual interviews or focus group interviews and the factors that influenced your decision to conduct that type of interview. 10 points (if you completed the interview protocol in class, you can skip this question).

Discuss how your favorite television show or movie could be analyzed by doing a metaphoric analysis or pentadic criticism. Give specific examples. 15 points

Explain how someone would redeem themselves in Burke’s dramatism. 10 points