Table of Contents
Intro
I found my basis of reseach from Dr. Jefferey P Agunaldo. Dr. Agunaldo has his Ph.d in sociology from Laurier University and is a credibitle source to base my research on. I will use three merits for validity throughout my paper wich are claim, data , and warent. Once completed I will take a deep dive into my analysis and give some critiques on the research. I also used several other resouses refrenced in the refrence page to get a better understandin of the homosexual mindset to truly grasp the concept of my research.
Paradigm
As I begin my research I first had to figure out the basis of the research. I narrowed it down to interpretive research because the study is a social study (Communication Res. Pg.52). According to the book, a social reality is not singular or objective. That means that everyones perspective will be different. Reality is ultimately shaped by human experiences and social content. Qualitative research is a form of social inquires that focuses on the way people interpret and make sense of their own experience in the world that they live in ( Communication Research Methods pg. 52. .The topic of this research is how gay men’s heath can be viewed in many different forms. This will ultimilty highlight several stereotypical claims that may surround the notion of their health.
Claim
Dr. Aguinaldo did a study analyzing gay men’s health. He did several studies comparing thematic, critical, discourse, and conversation analysis.A single excerpt highlighted data taken from a public health interview conducted for a more in depth study on gay men’s health. Gay men’s health typically relies on traditional forms of qualitative analysis, such as thematic analysis, and would benefit from a diversity of analytic approaches.
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As I conducted my analysis thoughout the paper I found that there are three themes that the author continues to refer to “ Gay Men’s Health,” “ Dilemmas of Voice,” and “Reflexivity.” In relations of gay men’s health, Dr. Aguinaldo mentions how gay men’s health was almost exclusively related to HIV prevention and the AIDS epidemic.When the HIV/AIDS crisis first broke out the media automatically highlighted gay men for the spreading of the virus. In retrospect , the overall health for gay men stems far beyond the notion of HIV and AIDS prevention.
Next was the topic of ” Dilemmas of Voice”. This topic hilighted how “ voice is often conceived as a form of resistance to medical science.” While conducting my reseach I did run into some problems. The article said that “participants exprss certain views with researchers are at odds when the participants to provide multiple reports about the same expirence” (Dr. Aguinaldo pg.767). Lastly the article mentions reflexivity. Accorinf to Dr. Aguinaldo Reflexivity by definition is an attitude of attending systematically to the context of knowledge construction, especially to the effect of the researcher. I agree with the article on the fact of qualitive metholody to understanding the not only the social but the political forces that informor or hinder the production of knowledge (Dr. Aguminaldo pg.767).
Data Section
In this section I broke the data selection down to four secions: ( Selection, Setting, Source, and the Data Collection Strategy)
a) Selection: Homosexual Men in America
b) Setting: Dr.Aguminaldo school Laurier University
c) Source: The sourse that we will be using is a cross-case analysis. We will also be using other reports which collected themes across a unique transcript.
d) Data collection strategy: First we woud conduct an interview to each of the particiatants in the study to address three main issues.
Next I will used a data that was taken from an the second interview with “Ned,” an cacusian gay male in his late 50s.. “ The excerpt was initially transcribed orthographically for thematic analysis and CDA.” ” ( J.P Aguninaldo pg. 768) The after the interview we used the data that was collected to for the overall basis of the argument.
Interpretive or critical framework
Next I had to determine the type of framework that was being used throughout the expirment. The framework is truly notioned as the backbone of the expirment so I decided to examine the two listed below:
a. Conversational analysis: Attempts to discover the conversational practices that collectively constitute the social institution of interaction. Conversational analysis relies on three key components its utility for gay men’s health, its approach to “ dilemmas of voice,” and its capacity for reflexivity.
b. Discourse analysis/ Thematic analysis: allows health researchers to provide a summary of what participants say about their health and in their own words.
Warrant
The paper that was used for my analysis was an interpretive paradigm stud. It had good cross-case analyzation. There was plenty of usuful information and data that was collected to help understand why and how not only gay men but men in general feel about their health and the precautions they take to ensure their wellbeing. The article talks about many issues that are prevelant in the gay community.It ranges to everything from their mental health, safe ex practices,a and even their substance abuse. Like I mentioned in the earlier section the author of this research has a Ph.D. in sociology, which qualifies his research as credible. Dr. aguninaldo did a great job of supporting his claims by conducting a study himself as well as cross-examining other studies that were similar to his own. In a later section the article also touches on the subject of gay men using drugs so self-medicate but playing if off as “recreational substance” use.Lastly it touched on the fact that many people perceive the gay lifestyle as a problem rather than a haven for gay men with a health/ mental issue. For example, the gathering of gay men in places such as gay bars or social settings can be seen as natural way to reverse their unfortunate mental health statuses. That notin makes sense. Many people feel like they are different, so they want to be in a setting where they are not only wanted, but accepted.
Critique
The article overall was a useful tool to base my argument off of. The article had many strengths that played a major role into the shaping of my research. My biggest flaw that the article had was the fact that the author of the article only did one study himself, and within that one study, he only used one person. He used a white man, considering that there are thousands of other gay men in the world; this was not sufficient. I feel like he should of ventured out and conducted the study on more gay males. Other than that the article was written well and it was very clear and consise for my understanding. Compared to the other articles I used to refrence my analysis on this was the preeminent one.
References
- Aguinaldo, JeffreyP. 1.jaguinaldo@wlu. c. “Qualitative Analysis in Gay Men’s Health Research: Comparing Thematic, Critical Discourse, and Conversation Analysis.” Journal of Homosexuality, vol. 59, no. 6, July 2012, pp. 765–787. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/00918369.2012.694753.
- Aguinaldo, Jeffrey P.. “Qualitative analysis in gay men’s health research: comparing thematic, critical discourse, and conversation analysis.” Journal of homosexuality 59 6 (2012): 765-87 .
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