Assignment task: Read this short blog post by Karen Sternheimer about how ethnography differs from journalism:
Article: What's the Difference between Sociology and Journalism? By Karen Sternheimer
Answer the following:
Q1. Do you think ethnography differs from journalism? Why or why not?
Q2. Can you think of reasons other than those identified by Sternheimer as to why ethnography differs from journalism?
Q3. Between journalistic or ethnographic accounts, which are more valid? Which are more reliable? Why?
Q4. What are the advantages of ethnography? Of journalism?
Q5. What are the disadvantages of ethnography? Of journalism?