[Air-L] coding standards, suggestions for categorizing ethical frameworks in open-ended questionnaires?

[Charles M. Ess]

Dear AoIRists,

One of our MA students is attempting to (qualitatively) analyze 
responses to grief and mourning experiences on a major social media 
platform, especially as expressed or indexed in responses to open-ended 
questions (as part of a larger questionnaire).

The student is attempting to discern what ethical frameworks, if any, 
come into play as suggested / evinced in the responses - e.g., more 
utilitarian, more care ethics, more virtue ethics, and so on.

I think we can figure out a good way to look for and record responses 
along these lines - but of course, it's nicer if we don't have to 
reinvent a wheel or two that someone else has already developed and 
refined, etc.

Any tips, tricks and suggestions along these lines would be very 
gratefully received.

Many thanks in advance,
- charles ess
-- 
Professor in Media Studies
Department of Media and Communication
University of Oslo
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Editor, The Journal of Media Innovations
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