Quantitative Newspaper Content Analysis

Please read the” instruction file” which includes the report requirement and guideline for content analysis before getting started. -TOPIC: Feminism- It will be based on the analysis of a single or several days of publication of (the Globe and Mail, National Post, and Toronto Star. This quantitative content analysis will not require students to deploy complicated statistical analysis, but it will involve conducting an analysis whose coding outcomes will be numerical values that can be represented in frequency tables or crosstabulation. Quantitative analysis, more generally, attempts to quantify data by numerically measuring the incidences of various themes of ideas in a chosen sample. -deliverable 1-9 1-Introduction (about 1⁄2 page) 2-Topic/Lit Review (about 1 page) 3-Research Question/Rationale (about 1⁄2 page) 4-Operationalization/Unit of Observation/Coding Scheme (about 2 pages) 5-Sampling/Data Gathering (about 1⁄2 page) 6-Findings/Frequency /Crosstabs (about 1 page) 7-Discussion/Data Analysis/Answer (about 1 page) 8-Reflection/Strengths/Challenges (about 1⁄2 page) 9-Conclusion (about 1⁄2 page) -The research report HAS to be between 7 and 8 double-spaced pages (not including title page, bibliography, and appendices), 12pt font (Arial or Times New Roman), with one inch margin all around. Note: turning in a longer report is not an option. Part of the difficulty associated with the research report writing process is summarizing your research in a concise way by making decisions about how to best use the space you have.

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