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Interactionist Qualitative Research as a Semiotic Mediation Activity

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  • Lisa C. Yamagata-Lynch
  • Anne L. Skutnik
  • Erin Garty
  • Jaewoo Do

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In this article, we introduce qualitative research from an interactionist perspective. We specifically explore qualitative research itself as a semiotic process with associated actions. This enables researchers to make sense of human interactions in the world rather than solely focusing on semiotic analysis of qualitative data. We introduce Peirce’s semiotics and Vygotsky’s mediated action as tools for conceptualizing qualitative research in a semiotic mediation process. Understanding qualitative research as a semiotic mediation can help social scientists better understand their own role in research, while vicariously gaining experiences about human interactions that they later present to others.

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  • Lisa C. Yamagata-Lynch & Anne L. Skutnik & Erin Garty & Jaewoo Do, 2016. "Interactionist Qualitative Research as a Semiotic Mediation Activity," SAGE Open, , vol. 6(3), pages 21582440166, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:6:y:2016:i:3:p:2158244016666889
    DOI: 10.1177/2158244016666889
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    1. Jennifer Chamberlain-Salaun & Jane Mills & Kim Usher, 2013. "Linking Symbolic Interactionism and Grounded Theory Methods in a Research Design," SAGE Open, , vol. 3(3), pages 21582440135, September.
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