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Qualitative Communication Research Methods » (2nd Edition)

Book cover image of Qualitative Communication Research Methods by Bryan Copeland Taylor

Authors: Bryan Copeland Taylor, Thomas R. Lindlof
ISBN-13: 9780761924944, ISBN-10: 0761924949
Format: Paperback
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date Published: September 2002
Edition: 2nd Edition

Author Biography: Bryan Copeland Taylor

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	Preface
1	Introduction to Qualitative Communication Research	1
	Positivism, Post-Positivism, and Interpretivism: A Brief History and Survey of Qualitative Communication Research	7
	Coming to Terms	15
	Looking Closer: The Conduct of Qualitative Research in Communication	19
2	Theoretical Traditions and Qualitative Communication Research	29
	Feminism	54
	Cultural Studies	58
3	Design I: Planning	63
	Beginnings: Searching for a Research Idea	63
	The Qualitative Research Process: An Overview	65
	Sources of Research Ideas	68
	Questioning Ourselves	77
	Questioning the Scene	79
	The Research Proposal	85
	Human Subject Protections in Qualitative Research	90
4	Design II: Getting Started	99
	Contacting the Scene	100
	Exploratory Methods	111
	Sampling	120
5	Observing, Learning, and Reporting	132
	Effective Participant Observation	135
	Adapting Roles	143
	Tactical Observing	152
	Writing Fieldnotes	158
6	Asking, Listening, and Telling	170
	Purposes of the Qualitative Interview	172
	Interview Types in Communication	175
	Interview Practice	183
	Question Design and Use	194
	Transcribing Interviews	204
7	Qualitative Analysis and Interpretation	209
	Analysis	211
	Tools for Analysis: Manual and Computer-Assisted	225
	Interpretation	232
	Evaluating Interpretations	238
8	Qualitative Research and Computer-Mediated Communication	247
	Outlining the Field of Computer-Mediated Communication	247
	Forms of Computer-Mediated Communication	250
	Why Study CMC?	252
	Central Areas of CMC Research	256
	Methodological Issues in Qualitative Research of CMC	260
	Conclusion: Qualitative Cyborgs: Futures of CMC Research	273
9	Authoring and Writing	279
	Going Public	279
	The Crisis of Representation	280
	After the Fall: Reading and Writing Qualitative Research	282
	Alternative Writing Formats: Innovation and Controversy	287
	Academic Politics and the Production of Qualitative Research	292
	The Craft of Writing: Strategies and Tactics	294
	Getting Down to Cases	301
	Some Final Thoughts on Writing	308
	This Way to Exit	309
	References	313
	Index	343
	About the Authors	357

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