Prompt: Week 7b Reflection on Readings
This particular week the module focused on a classroom activity and not readings. Unfortunately, we did not get the opportunity to partake in the planned classroom activity, so my Reflection post will stay a bit from the expected review.
For this module, I honed into a subtle hyperlink that brought me to a page titled “Example brainstorming for labor distribution/etic codes.” My reflection will be focused on this page’s topic.
Etic knowledge refers to a widely accepted generalization about human behavior that commonly includes an individual’s culture or beliefs (Trommsdorff & Dansen, 2001). Etic questions are outsider observations and can be created based on one’s general understanding and/or research (Sinkovics & Alfoldi, 2012). The etic viewpoint is the opposite of the emic viewpoint which is an insider’s observation or perspective (Haapanen & Manninen, 2021).
The Canvas page titled “Example brainstorming for labor distribution/etic codes” contained nearly 20 etic question examples related to the topic of Second Life for qualitative research. From this question set, I identified 10 questions that may be relevant to my proposed research from the February 13th post regarding AI-generated images. I then altered the topic of those initial questions to be relevant to the AI-generated image topic.
Below are the potential etic questions related to the AI-generated image research:
- How does the AI-generated image compare to a photographer’s image?
- Efficiency of AI-generated image vs. photographer image?
- Image AI-generation successes and failures?
- Image AI-generation quality?
- Identification of any patterns of the initial image set?
- Stresses with AI-generated images?
- Why use AI-generated images?
- Satisfaction with AI-generated images?
- Do you think others had similar views regarding AI-generated images?
- What are the educational uses of AI-generated images?
References:
Haapanen, L., & Manninen, V. J. E. (2021). Etic and emic data production methods in the study of journalistic work practices: A systematic literature review. Journalism, 24(2), 418–435. https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849211016997
Sinkovics, R. R., & Alfoldi, E. A. (2012). Progressive focusing and trustworthiness in qualitative research. Management International Review, 52(6), 817–845. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-012-0140-5
Trommsdorff, G., & Dasen, P. (2001). Cross-cultural study of Education. International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 3003–3007. https://doi.org/10.1016/b0-08-043076-7/02332-9
