Considers, in a special issue on the topic, criteria for the admissibility of evidence and how methodology affects what is considered to be evidence. Argues that methodological debates are futile in the sense that observations are guided by implicit theories, and thus there is no evidence without explicit and clearly articulated theory. (SR)

Presents (in a special issue on criteria for the admissibility of evidence and how methodology affects what is considered to be evidence) five general criteria to evaluate evidence in the study of communication--that it should be consistent with a researcher's chosen epistemology; observable; gathered through systematic procedures; shared and made…

Responds to essays in a special issue on criteria for admissibility of evidence in communication research and how methodology affects what is considered to be evidence. Argues that communication research could benefit from a more connectional, conversational attitude toward scholarship. (SR)

Considers, in a special issue on the topic, criteria for the admissibility of evidence and how methodology affects what is considered to be evidence. Argues that accessibility and accountability are more important than admissibility and that researchers should implicate their subjectivities in their research practices as well as explicate the…

Responds to essays in a special issue on criteria for admissibility of evidence in communication research. Finds (compared to special issue in 1977) more openness to a variety of perspectives, a focus on messages, concern with messages in contexts, and the willingness to explicitly state epistemological assumptions, connect them to research…

Considers, in a special issue on the topic, criteria for the admissibility of evidence and how methodology affects what is considered to be evidence. Discusses evidential standards in rhetorical criticism--asking whether the data are is pertinent to one's critical perspective, relevant to the claim, the best available data, and what politics are…

Considers, in a special issue on the topic, criteria for the admissibility of evidence in communication research and how methodology affects what is considered to be evidence. Suggests four principles of rigor which should be used to judge the admissibility of "textual" (i.e., qualitative) evidence. (SR)

Discusses (in a special issue on the topic of criteria for the admissibility of evidence) conversation analysis (CA): its basic concerns and commitments, its impatience with discussions about evidence rather than inspecting actual data, and selected notable impacts and debatable issues engendered by CA. (SR)

Discusses (in a special issue on the topic of criteria for the admissibility of evidence) the contributions and limitations of conversation analysis and postmodernism toward the enterprise of ethnographic research. Proposes criteria for qualitative data to be admissible as evidence for claims about social life and for a qualitative study to count…

Discusses (in a special issue on criteria for the admissibility of evidence in communication research) the use of personal experience in feminist scholarship. Discusses two tenets of feminist scholarship: women's perceptions, meanings, and experiences are taken seriously; and such information cannot be understood within theories developed without…