{"id":9,"date":"2018-12-20T10:23:08","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T15:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010-spring-2018\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2019-05-10T02:11:18","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T06:11:18","slug":"data-and-method","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010a-spring-2019-schow\/data-and-method\/","title":{"rendered":"Methodology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This research will be done in the form of a case study of Bowdoin and its neoliberal practices. My data will be classified in three categories: Bowdoin\u2019s philosophy, its \u201cinfluencers\u201d, and marketing strategies. Under Bowdoin\u2019s philosophy, I will draw from the Offer of the College, the idea of the Common Good, and the the college\u2019s educational mission. I will then analyze how the the college has hosted events under the guise of these philosophies. I intend to gather data on the \u201cinfluencers\u201d of Bowdoin, to which I define as \u201ca person with the ability to influence potential buyers of a product or service by promoting or recommending the items on social media.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Such influencers are: students, guest speakers and lecturers, visiting fellows, and alumni who speak about Bowdoin\u2019s education and its merits. I will also observe the philosophies that these influencers abide by and bring to the college. Lastly, in regards to Bowdoin\u2019s marketing, I will observe how the college advertises its education through the admissions office and media platforms. Media platforms includes newspaper articles, social media (@BowdoinCollege, @BowdoinAdmissions, @GoUBears), and the college website\/magazine. From the admissions side, I will observe how they describe Bowdoin\u2019s education as \u201cworld class\u201d and how they market the strength of a \u201cliberal arts education\u201d at Bowdoin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lopez&#8217;s Comments:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Simon, it is not necessary to commit yourself to theoretical underpinnings without having done the research. Use theory to help support your findings. Second, it makes complete sense to analyze the College&#8217;s literature and talks at the College. However, this is a bit too broad of an approach. You should be more specific as to what you will be looking at. Lastly, I like the social media aspect to your methodology. There is a lot available on social media, and in itself, could be the data you choose to analyze.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This research will be done in the form of a case study of Bowdoin and its neoliberal practices. My data will be classified in three categories: Bowdoin\u2019s philosophy, its \u201cinfluencers\u201d, and marketing strategies. Under Bowdoin\u2019s philosophy, I will draw from the Offer of the College, the idea of the Common Good, and the the college\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010a-spring-2019-schow\/data-and-method\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Methodology&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010a-spring-2019-schow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010a-spring-2019-schow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010a-spring-2019-schow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010a-spring-2019-schow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010a-spring-2019-schow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010a-spring-2019-schow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010a-spring-2019-schow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}