Question

Amber is conducting research on the negative portrayal of Latinos in the media. She searches through newspapers to document instances of discriminatory language toward Latinos. What type of research is Amber conducting?

Answer 1

Content analysis

Explanation:

Content analysis is a research method to study the documents and artifacts of communication, may be formatted text, images, video or sound different. Social scientists use content analysis to examine patterns of communication in a way that can be replicated and systematically.

In this case, Amber searches through newspapers to document instances of discriminatory language toward Latinos so Content analysis is the best fit with her type of research.