Hi Aaron -- this was very interesting. I feel like I have a better sense of your subject's experiences as receivers of STI information, but I'm not as clear about is learned from that analysis that benefits the person doing the disclosing -- were there better "ways" of disclosing the STI that resulted in better social support? I'm also curious to know how you conducted your analysis of the data to arrive at your themes, and it is worth a small note in the poster as this is always the hang-up that reviewers have with qualitative work. Thanks! Tom Workman, American Institutes for Research Class of 2001
Aaron, I appreciate the goals you have in this project. There are several people in our department you are interested in people who are recipients of health-related information from family and from friends. I appreciate that you are wanting to understand how revealing this private information may bring about relational challlenge. In her Communication Privacy Management theory, Sandra Petronio looks at confidants and how they might be willing and when they might be relictant. From your study, what happens when the recipient of information is reluctant to do so? We are so grateful for the work that you have done with your Capstone professors this semester; you hung in there and finished up your project. Wishing you all the best! If you are graduating this semester, congratulations and please keep in touch with us, you are always a CommHusker! Dr. Dawn O. Braithwaite, Department Chair, Communication Studies
Aaron - I found the perspective you took on this topic interesting, focusing on the people receiving the message, and how it impacted their relationships. I would love to see you tighten up the storyline a bit in order to provide more specific data from your research within the summary poster. Think about how someone reading your results might take action to prepare themselves better for future potential conversations they may have with a family member or friend. Are there specific things you were able to extract from the interviews that would be beneficial to others? Very interesting topic, and I think with some refinement, you can make your conclusions a bit more concrete and actionable. Thanks!
Hi Aaron, I am pleased to see that you focused on the recipient of private information rather than the discloser... in most privacy research you see the opposite, so well done on the novelty of the topic. I know you were very limited with space, but there are so many questions that I am left with, such as more detail about how the disclosure brought people closer in their relationship, the ways the social support was communicated, etc. I am also interested to know about instances where the disclosure did not have a positive outcome. The nice thing about qualitative research is it allows us to explore the perspectives of people who are outliers; who do not have the "average" experience. Well done with such an interesting topic!
Hi Aaron, I used to TA for this course in 2013 & 2014 and advised the quantitative and qualitative projects. It is no small feat to complete a human subjects research study period, let alone doing it in the course of a semester, and this semester in the midst of a global pandemic.
Some thoughts about collecting, analyzing, and reporting qualitative data: 1) Research Questions: Seems like the "easiest" part of the study, but a strong, focused research question(s) takes a lot of time, energy, and revisions. They way it is presented on the poster is looks like one long run on question, but I suspect you were operating with at least two question. Also, as you revise the aim is to be detailed yet succinct. I equate my articulation of RQs as sound bites or even tweets. How can I express this in 140 characters? It will help focus the protocol, subsequent analysis, and reader takeaway with simple, yet elegant positioning of these questions. 2) Results: I would not use the word claim, but rather reported when you get into your themes. Claims reads (accidentally) as if you do not necessary believe your participants. While that's not your intention, you wouldn't want a reader to have that takeaway. GBR! Sara Baker Bailey c/o 2014
Hi Aaron -- this was very interesting. I feel like I have a better sense of your subject's experiences as receivers of STI information, but I'm not as clear about is learned from that analysis that benefits the person doing the disclosing -- were there better "ways" of disclosing the STI that resulted in better social support? I'm also curious to know how you conducted your analysis of the data to arrive at your themes, and it is worth a small note in the poster as this is always the hang-up that reviewers have with qualitative work. Thanks! Tom Workman, American Institutes for Research Class of 2001
ReplyDeleteAaron, I appreciate the goals you have in this project. There are several people in our department you are interested in people who are recipients of health-related information from family and from friends. I appreciate that you are wanting to understand how revealing this private information may bring about relational challlenge. In her Communication Privacy Management theory, Sandra Petronio looks at confidants and how they might be willing and when they might be relictant. From your study, what happens when the recipient of information is reluctant to do so? We are so grateful for the work that you have done with your Capstone professors this semester; you hung in there and finished up your project. Wishing you all the best! If you are graduating this semester, congratulations and please keep in touch with us, you are always a CommHusker! Dr. Dawn O. Braithwaite, Department Chair, Communication Studies
ReplyDeleteAaron - I found the perspective you took on this topic interesting, focusing on the people receiving the message, and how it impacted their relationships. I would love to see you tighten up the storyline a bit in order to provide more specific data from your research within the summary poster. Think about how someone reading your results might take action to prepare themselves better for future potential conversations they may have with a family member or friend. Are there specific things you were able to extract from the interviews that would be beneficial to others? Very interesting topic, and I think with some refinement, you can make your conclusions a bit more concrete and actionable. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHi Aaron, I am pleased to see that you focused on the recipient of private information rather than the discloser... in most privacy research you see the opposite, so well done on the novelty of the topic. I know you were very limited with space, but there are so many questions that I am left with, such as more detail about how the disclosure brought people closer in their relationship, the ways the social support was communicated, etc. I am also interested to know about instances where the disclosure did not have a positive outcome. The nice thing about qualitative research is it allows us to explore the perspectives of people who are outliers; who do not have the "average" experience. Well done with such an interesting topic!
ReplyDeleteHi Aaron,
ReplyDeleteI used to TA for this course in 2013 & 2014 and advised the quantitative and qualitative projects. It is no small feat to complete a human subjects research study period, let alone doing it in the course of a semester, and this semester in the midst of a global pandemic.
Some thoughts about collecting, analyzing, and reporting qualitative data:
1) Research Questions: Seems like the "easiest" part of the study, but a strong, focused research question(s) takes a lot of time, energy, and revisions. They way it is presented on the poster is looks like one long run on question, but I suspect you were operating with at least two question. Also, as you revise the aim is to be detailed yet succinct. I equate my articulation of RQs as sound bites or even tweets. How can I express this in 140 characters? It will help focus the protocol, subsequent analysis, and reader takeaway with simple, yet elegant positioning of these questions.
2) Results: I would not use the word claim, but rather reported when you get into your themes. Claims reads (accidentally) as if you do not necessary believe your participants. While that's not your intention, you wouldn't want a reader to have that takeaway.
GBR!
Sara Baker Bailey
c/o 2014