Introduction: Urban Sprawl and Baltimore Riots
The urban sprawl and Baltimore riot articles used for the analyses in this report were first accessed in the Applied Social Research unit at the University of Western Sydney, on the 11th of May prior to the week twelve workshops. The data was qualitatively and quantitatively analysed soon after, on the 15th of May. The data within the urban sprawl analysis originates from articles published between 2009 and 2015 by the Sydney Morning Herald, whereas the articles from the Baltimore riots analysis were published by The Australian and the Sydney Morning Herald in 2015.
Reasons for the topic selections:
The urban sprawl articles raise the issue of urban sprawl and its impact on New South Wales, Australia. Qualitative interpretation was conducted on this topic due to my personal interest in regards to urban sprawl, as it has a significance relevance to current debates and my personal geographical and residential location. The Baltimore articles specifically discuss the present events of violence and riots occurring in Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America. A quantitative content analysis was conducted on these articles due to its relevance to criminology, and my interest in preventing discrimination and racism.
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Firstly, the analysis assisted in discovering similarities between the articles; however, it failed to address the differences in the articles. Secondly, this analysis tool is created through an analyst’s perspective and awareness of data. For example, the analyst will use their personal theoretical and scholarly background to establish descriptive/initial codes through spontaneous analysis instead of controlled methodology (Strauss and Corbin 1990). These limitations raise concern as a thorough analysis was not performed with this tool and data may have been
The urban sprawl and Baltimore riot articles used for the analyses in this report were first accessed in the Applied Social Research unit at the University of Western Sydney, on the 11th of May prior to the week twelve workshops. The data was qualitatively and quantitatively analysed soon after, on the 15th of May. The data within the urban sprawl analysis originates from articles published between 2009 and 2015 by the Sydney Morning Herald, whereas the articles from the Baltimore riots analysis were published by The Australian and the Sydney Morning Herald in 2015.
Reasons for the topic selections:
The urban sprawl articles raise the issue of urban sprawl and its impact on New South Wales, Australia. Qualitative interpretation was conducted on this topic due to my personal interest in regards to urban sprawl, as it has a significance relevance to current debates and my personal geographical and residential location. The Baltimore articles specifically discuss the present events of violence and riots occurring in Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America. A quantitative content analysis was conducted on these articles due to its relevance to criminology, and my interest in preventing discrimination and racism.
Suggestions for future use of analysed data: …show more content…
Firstly, the analysis assisted in discovering similarities between the articles; however, it failed to address the differences in the articles. Secondly, this analysis tool is created through an analyst’s perspective and awareness of data. For example, the analyst will use their personal theoretical and scholarly background to establish descriptive/initial codes through spontaneous analysis instead of controlled methodology (Strauss and Corbin 1990). These limitations raise concern as a thorough analysis was not performed with this tool and data may have been