Qualitative communication research methods. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Thomas R. Lindlof and Bryan C. Taylor.
• Authors: Lindlof, Thomas R; Taylor, Bryan C
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Chapter 1. Introduction to Qualitative Communication Research; Rounding the (Paradigm) Bases: A Brief History of Qualitative Communication Research; Covering New Material(ism), Going Big: Two Trends in Qualitative Communication Research; Conclusion; Exercises; Chapter 2. The Diversity of Qualitative Research in Communication Subfields; Baker’s Dozen: Thirteen Subfields, Thirteen Stories of Qualitative Communication Research; Conclusion; Exercises; Chapter 3. Theoretical Traditions and Qualitative Communication Research; Introduction: “What Would You Like on Your Sandwich?”; The Phenomenological Tradition; The Sociocultural Tradition; Critical Theories; Conclusion; Exercises; Chapter 4. Design I: Planning Research Projects; Introduction; “My City, My Society, and My Life”: Renee’s Story; Sources of Research Ideas; Evaluating the Scene; Conclusion; Exercises; Chapter 5. Design II: Implementing Research Projects; Introduction; Negotiating Access; Exploratory and Mixed Methods; Sampling; Human Subject Protections; The Research Proposal; Conclusion; Exercises; Chapter 6. Producing Data I: Participation, Observation, and Recording Communication; Introduction: Welcome to Fieldwork; Ethnography and Participant Observation; Successful Participant Observation; Adapting Roles; Tactical Observing; Writing Fieldnotes; Conclusion; Exercises; Chapter 7. Producing Data II: Qualitative Interviewing; Introduction; Purposes of the Qualitative Interview; Types of Interviews in Communication Research; Interviewing Practices; Question Design and Use; Transcribing Interviews; Conclusion; Exercises; Chapter 8. Producing Data III: Studying Materiality; Introduction; Material Culture; Documents; Conclusion; Exercises; Chapter 9. Sensemaking I: Analyzing, Coding, and Managing Data; Introduction; Qualitative Data Analysis: An Overview; In-Process Writing; Categories and Codes; Grounded Theory; Coding Examples; Leaving the Field; Tools for Analysis; Conclusion; Exercises; Chapter 10. Sensemaking II: Creating, Evaluating, and Enhancing Interpretations of Data; Introduction; Creating Interpretations; Evaluating Interpretations; Enhancing Interpretations; Conclusion; Exercises; Chapter 11. Writing, Authoring, and Publishing; Introduction: Going Public; The Crisis of Representation; After the Fall: Reading and Writing Qualitative Research; Institutional Contexts of Qualitative Writing; The Craft of Qualitative Writing: Three Types of Formats and Their Related Strategies; Some Final Thoughts on Writing; Exercises; Epilogue; References; Author Index; Subject Index;
• Edition: Fourth edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 302.20721; Communication -- Research -- Methodology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483323503
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