Title:
Qualitative research
Edition:
4th edition
Physical Description:
xvii, 457 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781473916579
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Summary
Summary
A who's who of methodologists, this book introduces students to the big picture of qualitative research, teaching both the 'why' and the 'how to' of getting started, selecting a method and conducting research and data analysis. With practical tips, summaries, exercises and further reading, each chapter is like a masterclass from a leading scholar in qualitative research.
New to the fourth edition:
A streamlined structure to guide readers step-by-step through the research process Substantial new section with 4 chapters on how to collect and analyse online data A new chapter on reflexive ethnography More hands-on advice on how to conduct research at every stage, making this a perfect field handbook Updated reading lists provide a go-to guide to the literature and help improve citationsThe most comprehensive qualitative research book available, this is the perfect all-in-one companion for any student embarking on a qualitative research course or project.
Author Notes
David Silverman is Professor Emeritus at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Table of Contents
| The Editor and Contributors | p. xi |
| Part I Setting the Scene | p. 1 |
| 1 Introducing Qualitative Research | p. 3 |
| 2 Addressing Social Problems through Qualitative Research | p. 15 |
| 3 Research Ethics and Qualitative Research | p. 31 |
| Part II Interviews and Focus Groups | p. 49 |
| 4 The 'Inside' and the 'Outside': Finding Realities in Interviews | p. 51 |
| 5 Narrative Practice and the Active Interview | p. 67 |
| 6 Analysing Focus Group Data | p. 83 |
| Part III Ethnography | p. 101 |
| 7 What Is Ethnography? | p. 103 |
| 8 Organizational Ethnography | p. 121 |
| 9 Practising Reflexivity in Ethnography | p. 137 |
| Part IV Texts | p. 153 |
| 10 Analysing Documents through Fieldwork | p. 155 |
| 11 Using Documents in Social Research | p. 171 |
| Part V Talk | p. 187 |
| 12 Discursive Psychology and the Study of Naturally Occurring Talk | p. 189 |
| 13 Conversation Analysis: Practices and Methods | p. 207 |
| Part VI Expanding Technologies | p. 227 |
| 14 Internet/Digital Research | p. 229 |
| 15 Online Interviewing | p. 245 |
| 16 Using Conversation Analysis and Discursive Psychology to Analyse Online Data | p. 261 |
| 17 Critical Discourse Studies and Social Media Data | p. 277 |
| Part VII Visual Data | p. 295 |
| 18 Visual Inquiry: Issues and Developments | p. 297 |
| 19 Embodied Action: Video and the Analysis of Social Interaction | p. 311 |
| Part VIII Qualitative Data Analysis | p. 329 |
| 20 Some Pragmatics of Qualitative Data Analysis | p. 331 |
| 21 Constructing Grounded Theory Analyses | p. 347 |
| 22 What's Different about Narrative Inquiry? Cases, Categories and Contexts | p. 363 |
| 23 Systematic Reviews and Qualitative Studies | p. 379 |
| 24 Secondary Analysis of Qualitative Data | p. 395 |
| 25 Validity in Qualitative Research | p. 413 |
| 26 Writing Qualitative Research: Practice, Genre and Audience | p. 429 |
| Appendix: Transcription Conventions | p. 447 |
| Author Index | p. 449 |
| Subject Index | p. 453 |
