# BB5: Final analysis

Your final analysis is a research paper that weaves previous work with other basic elements of a research paper, such as a short introduction, background and interest (why you’re doing the study and why it’s important to the world) and discussion (where you make some specific points about identity and social media today).

This paper will be made from:

a. **Data Coding (Week 46)**
b. **Ethnographic Vignettes (Week 47)**
c. **Analysis**

### <span style="color:red">Please submit your paper in: [Blackboard -> Assignments (BB5) -> BB5: Final analysis](https://blackboard.au.dk/webapps/assignment/uploadAssignment?content_id=_2913739_1&course_id=_137382_1)</span>

### A. Data coding
Part of the final essay should be built on the iterative analysis of your fieldnotes, recordings, media tracking, media fasting, and all other “data” you’ve been collecting on your lived experience of digital/social media. This may include different forms of deductive or inductive coding (see [coding notes](https://hackmd.io/@dism20/B1SY-KCuD)), domain analysis, or situational analysis of your fieldnotes, braindumps, vlogs, etc.

As part of your submission, you will need a written explanation of your coding procedure (as in, which steps did you followed? which kind of technique did you used and why? who are the authors you based your coding process in?). Be sure to show the breadth and diversity of what you’ve been doing, and present it in a way that shows that you’ve done it carefully, systematically, and thoughtfully.

### B. Vignettes

Vignettes are small segments of narrative-style writing whereby you evoke a scene, detail an interaction, or otherwise, create a vivid description of the situation. Through the process of writing small pieces/segments that reflect on the possible meanings underneath the surface level of describing, you can practice developing what Geertz would call “Thick Description”. Use these creative pieces to reflect on small elements or small findings in your study of self/identity in digital contexts.

For example, you might write a vignette reflecting on your personal relationship with communication technology. Your personal story of media use might reference concepts and theories from class and be set in your perspective on the larger societal relationships with communication technology. This can be done in several ways, voices, modes, styles, and so on, but they should be evocative and reflexive. Vignettes are more about communicating the "mood" or "feeling" of a situation, they help to frame ethnographic empirical work.

### C. Analysis
Your paper should connect your fieldwork to theory concepts from class readings and discussions. It should present analytic ethnographic findings by weaving together the analysis you have developed through iterative coding/networks/mapping/vignettes, and the scholarship you have been reading. You should engage with concepts chosen from the course's readings and with your ethnographic findings in a deep, thoughtful, and scholarly manner. This is where you bring in more directly the voices of various scholars you’re drawing on to make your argument in your analysis, so references are mandatory.

The goal of this type of writing is to build the skill in reflexive writing that reflects on your experience in light of various concepts or larger ideas you’ve been exposed to in this course, and the analysis you’re developing through your research.

Think about the argument(s) you’re making, and how you support your argument(s) with the data you’ve collected and your analysis. Remember to write in a way that makes this argument and presents these findings in a well-crafted text (not a stream of consciousnessor a braindump).

**To be submitted alongside with your analysis:**
1. **"Snapshots" of your coding**. This may be photos of your coding if done on paper, screenshots of your digital coding (e.g. a spreadsheet, or annotated photo or pdf), or Taguette exported data if you decide to use it. For this, you only need to submit a sample. (Appendix)
2. **Written explanation of your coding process** (1 page)
3. **2 vignettes** (you can make use of your done vignettes or create new ones) based on the data you’ve collected and your data analysis (max. 1 page each). If you prefer doing video analysis, this is also possible, taking shape as 3 vlogs (please include the script for the video together in the submission, if possible). (2 pages)

**Submission length**: 4-5 pages of analysis + 2-3 of vignettes + 1 of coding explanation + appendix with snapshots (the appendix can be as long as you need it). **Your final submission should be a 7-9 pages paper (plus appendix)**.

<span style="color:red">**Submission date: December 6th**. However, **I strongly recommend to start working on it now**. Also, the earlier the submission, the earlier you can get feedback (to make changes for the exam).</span>