Methods for the Ethnography of Communication: Language in Use in Communities

Methods for the Ethnography of Communication is a guide to conducting ethnographic research in classroom and community settings that introduces students to the field of ethnography of communication and takes them through the recursive and nonlinear cycle of ethnographic research.

This brand-new edition includes the most up-to-date research, with the authors introducing the innovative CULTURES framework to provide a helpful structure for moving through the complex process of collecting and analyzing ethnographic data and address the larger ’how-to’ questions that students struggle with during ethnographic research. Exercises and activities help students make the connection between communicative events, acts, and situations and ways of studying them ethnographically.

Integrating a primary focus on language in use within an ethnographic framework makes this book an invaluable core text for courses on ethnography of communication and related areas in a variety of disciplines.

Judith Kaplan-Weinger is Professor Emeritus in the Linguistics at Northeastern Illinois University, faculty in Communication at Loyola University of Chicago, and faculty in Education at Dominican University.

Erin Marks holds a Master of Arts in Linguistics from Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago. They have experience guiding university students with reading, writing, research, and testing strategies. Erin’s research on autistic community discourse and on social media in politics has been presented at conferences internationally.