3/24/2014

Code with 300 emoticons und symbols in MAXQDA



Transcribing is the most difficult process to make data apprehensible and comprehensible for the declarations and fermentation of meaning. For this post, I am going to interpret Saldana’s The Coding Manual (2009) in terms of other ideas.

Who is coded?
            Coding can be done by alone, or collaborative. I personally prefer coding data from multiple gaze and lenses to make unsure and create practical / ethical approaches towards not only the nature of data, but also the existence of subjects who are potentially of a relative autonomous as interpreter and coder. The way in which we can create many different correlations for coding the data and creating the codes by the multiple gazes. In spite of the fact that there should be at least two-different approaches to check and frame the meaning for the shared codes, the problem can be grounded itself on the questions for the subjects who are defined as coders. In other words, the every combinations as team could be disregard one of the possibilities in terms of cultural, gender, theoretical, methodological and sociological differences.  

How is coded?
            As far as I have read and looked at literature, most of the coding strategies are based on Words. The one which I saw in MAXQDA’s web page and I read our course book is based on the emotional symbols, which is defined as emoticode. 300 emoticons and symbols are ready to use for coding the data. This strategy can be very important for crossing the boundaries resulting from the cultural and language differences. Colour types are used for coding too. The problem here is that the binary relations between encoder and decoder enable us to contemplate in a defined area. Sometimes, I feel that these closed relations and symbols.

1 comment:

  1. Zulfukar, I'm really interested in your idea around 'multiple gazes'. When you say 'subjects', who are you referring to?

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