Socy428 Schedule
 
University of Maryland

Schedule
Revised October 20, 2011
This schedule is quite tentative
The semester is divided into six phases:
date topic reading Exercise due 6AM Assignment due
Sept 1 Introduction    
Sept 6 coding results   1 code (mothers), 10 stories
Sept 8 coding: 8 codes   2nd codes (children), 10 stories  
Sept 13 coding: 8 codes   3rd codes (all 8), 4 stories  
Sept 15 Content Analysis: Children's Books Pescosolido et al. Questions on Pescosolido et al.  
Sept 20 Content Analysis: gender Kuperberg & Stone Questions on Kuperberg & Stone  
Sept 22 Content Analysis: gender over time McCabe et al. Questions on McCabe et al. 1: coding
Sept 27 Content Analysis: Descriptions of parents Milkie Questions on Milkie  
October 4 Coding Reliability   Agreement on Assignment 1 codes  
Oct 6 Gender changes England Questions on England  
Oct 11 Gender change debates Bergmann, England Questions on Bergmann & on England 2  
Oct 13 Gender trends Cotter et al., 2004 Questions on Cotter et al., 2004  
Oct 18 Gender trends (2) Cotter et al., 2004 Questions on Cotter et al., 2004  
Oct 20 Gender attitude trends Cotter et al., 2011 Questions on Cotter et al., 2011  
Oct 25 Media Analysis 1 Douglas: Introduction & Chapter 1 Questions on Douglas(1)  
Oct 27 Media Analysis 2 Douglas: Chapters 2-4 Questions on Chapters 2-4  
Nov 1 Media Analysis 3 Douglas: Chapters 5-7 Questions on Chapters 5-7  
Nov 3 Media Analysis 4 Douglas: Chapters 8-10 & Epilogue Questions on Chapter 8 - end  
Nov 10 Sampling     3: New code
Nov 15 Lexis/ Nexis   Lexis/ Nexis search  
Nov 17 - Nov 29 Code Washington Post stories     4. Lexis/ Nexis Sampling (Nov. 18)
Nov 29- Dec 10 write term papers     Washington Post coding (Nov. 29)
Dec 16 term papers due 9:00 AM     term papers

 
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Last updated October 20, 2011
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