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Collecting qualitative data : a practical guide to textual, media and virtual techniques edited by Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke and Debra Gray

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2017Description: 328 pages ill. 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781107054974
  • 9781107662452
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • H62.B72 COL
Contents:
1. Collecting textual, media and virtual data in qualitative research Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke and Debra Gray; Part I. Textual Data Collection: 2. Short but often sweet: the surprising potential of qualitative survey methods Gareth Terry and Virginia Braun; 3. Once upon a time...: story completion methods Victoria Clarke, Nikki Hayfield, Naomi Moller, Irmgard Tischner and the Story Completion Research Group; 4. Hypothetically speaking: using vignettes as a stand-alone qualitative method Debra Gray, Bronwen Royall and Helen Malson; 5. 'Coughing everything out': the solicited diary method Paula Meth; Part II. Media Data Collection: 6. Making media data: an introduction to qualitative media research Laura Garcia-Favaro, Rosalind Gill and Laura Harvey; 7. 'God's great leveller': talkback radio as qualitative data Scott Hanson-Easey and Martha Augoustinos; 8. Archives of everyday life: using blogs in research Nicholas Hookway; 9. Online discussion forums: a rich and vibrant source of data David Giles; Part III. Virtual Data Collection: 10. 'Type me your answer': generating interview data via email Lucy Gibson; 11. A productive chat: instant messaging interviewing Pamela J. Lannutti; 12. I'm not with you, yet I am... virtual face-to-face interviews Paul Hanna and Shadreck Mwale; 13. Meeting in virtual spaces: conducting online focus groups Fiona Fox.
Summary: Is there more to qualitative data collection than face-to-face interviews? Answering with a resounding 'yes', this book introduces the reader to a wide array of exciting and novel techniques for collecting qualitative data in the social and health sciences. 'Collecting Qualitative Data' offers a practical and accessible guide to textual, media and virtual methods currently under-utilised within qualitative research. Contributors from a range of disciplines share their experiences of implementing a particular technique, provide step-by-step guidance to using that approach, and highlight both the potential and pitfalls. From gathering blog data to the story completion method to conducting focus groups online, the methods and data types featured in this book are ideally suited to student projects and other time- and resource-limited research. In presenting several innovative ways that data can be collected, new modes of scholarship and new research orientations are opened up to student researchers and established scholars alike.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Collecting textual, media and virtual data in qualitative research Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke and Debra Gray; Part I. Textual Data Collection: 2. Short but often sweet: the surprising potential of qualitative survey methods Gareth Terry and Virginia Braun; 3. Once upon a time...: story completion methods Victoria Clarke, Nikki Hayfield, Naomi Moller, Irmgard Tischner and the Story Completion Research Group; 4. Hypothetically speaking: using vignettes as a stand-alone qualitative method Debra Gray, Bronwen Royall and Helen Malson; 5. 'Coughing everything out': the solicited diary method Paula Meth; Part II. Media Data Collection: 6. Making media data: an introduction to qualitative media research Laura Garcia-Favaro, Rosalind Gill and Laura Harvey; 7. 'God's great leveller': talkback radio as qualitative data Scott Hanson-Easey and Martha Augoustinos; 8. Archives of everyday life: using blogs in research Nicholas Hookway; 9. Online discussion forums: a rich and vibrant source of data David Giles; Part III. Virtual Data Collection: 10. 'Type me your answer': generating interview data via email Lucy Gibson; 11. A productive chat: instant messaging interviewing Pamela J. Lannutti; 12. I'm not with you, yet I am... virtual face-to-face interviews Paul Hanna and Shadreck Mwale; 13. Meeting in virtual spaces: conducting online focus groups Fiona Fox.


Is there more to qualitative data collection than face-to-face interviews? Answering with a resounding 'yes', this book introduces the reader to a wide array of exciting and novel techniques for collecting qualitative data in the social and health sciences. 'Collecting Qualitative Data' offers a practical and accessible guide to textual, media and virtual methods currently under-utilised within qualitative research. Contributors from a range of disciplines share their experiences of implementing a particular technique, provide step-by-step guidance to using that approach, and highlight both the potential and pitfalls. From gathering blog data to the story completion method to conducting focus groups online, the methods and data types featured in this book are ideally suited to student projects and other time- and resource-limited research. In presenting several innovative ways that data can be collected, new modes of scholarship and new research orientations are opened up to student researchers and established scholars alike.

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