Breuch, Olson & Frantz – Considering Ethical Issues in TC Research
Breuch, Lee-Ann Kastman, Andrea M. Olson, and Andrea Breemer Frantz. “Considering Ethical Issues in Technical Communication Research.” Research in Technical Communication. Eds. Gurak, Laura J. and Mary M. Lay. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2002. 1-22. Print. The authors begin by noting that without a reflexive approach to our research practices and methods we TC’ers can’t hope to produce ethical research. So, while the authors... Read More
Wu – Historical Studies of Rhetorical Women Here and There
Wu, Hui. “Historical Studies of Rhetorical Women Here and There: Methodological Challenges to Dominant Interpretive Frameworks.” Rhetoric Society Quarterly 32.1 (Winter 2002): 81-97. Print. Wu – Summary Handout Summary: This article examines theoretical premises of the historical study of rhetorical women, epistemological confusions caused by postmodernism, and challenges from the studies of black and Third World rhetorical women. ... Read More
CCR601 – FP – 3rd Gen – Lather
Lather, Patti. “Research as Praxis.” Harvard Education Review 56 (1986): 257-77. The primary goal of this essay is to involve researchers in the democratized process of research that emphasizes negotiation, reciprocity, and empowerment in the interest of the researched subjects – something of a Frierian emancipatory research as practice. The writer draws on feminist, neo-Marxist critical ethnography, and Frierian participatory research to create... Read More
CCR601 – FP – 3rd Gen – Kirsch and Mortensen
Kirsch, Gesa E., and Peter Mortensen. “Toward an Ethics of Research.” Ethical Dilemmas in Feminist Research: The Politics of Location, Interpretation, and Publication. Ed. Gesa E. Kirsch. Albany: State U of New York P, 1999. 87-103. The authors aim is to “map out significant problems and opportunities that await researchers who want their inquiries to be a resource for individual and group expressions of self-determination” (87). The... Read More
CCR601 – FP – 3rd Gen – Frankel & Siang
Mark S. Frankel and Sanyin Siang. Ethical and Legal Aspects of Human Subjects Research on the Internet: A Report of a Workshop June 10-11, 1999. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), November, 1999 – www.aaas.org/ssp/dspp/sfrl/projects/intres/report.pdf Internet research has ranged widely from naturalistic observation to surveys. Some difficulties in this sort of research include: anonymity, pseudonym use, informed... Read More
