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Conversations about qualitative communication research : behind the scenes with leading scholars / by Christine S. Davis.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press Inc. , 2014.Description: 335 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781611321265 (hardback)
  • 1611321263 (hardback)
  • 9781611321272 (paperback)
  • 1611321271 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.20721 23 DAV
LOC classification:
  • P91.3 .D384 2014
Other classification:
  • SOC019000 | SOC052000 | PSY017000
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: PrefaceChapter 1: Opening the Conversation Part 1: Narrative-Based Qualitative ResearchChapter 2: Narrating the Conversation Chapter 3: Carolyn Ellis: Sharing a Voice--The Power of Story Chapter 4: Chris Poulos: Transgressing and Qualitative Criteria--Good Research is Never SafeChapter 5: Buddy Goodall: Finding Meaning in the Mundane--Culture as DataPart 2: Social Science Based Qualitative ResearchChapter 6: Changing the ConversationChapter 7: Dawn Braithwaite: Starting with Theory but Being open to Aha MomentsChapter 8: Alan DeSantis: Observing the Story that Needs to be ToldChapter 9: Gerry Philipsen: Bringing Deep Interpretation to Meaningful Inquiry--Systematic AnalysisChapter 10: Sarah Tracy: Connecting with Participants--Understanding and RapportChapter 11: Analyzing the ConversationPart 3: Arts-Based Qualitative ResearchChapter 12: Breathing the Conversation: Bringing Life to Dead (Research Methods)Chapter 13: Norman Denzin: Analyzing Historical Culture--Studying the Dead AliveChapter 14: Ron Pelias: Writing Evocatively--Making Bodies BehaveChapter 15: Stacy Holman Jones: Performing the Everyday--Questioning the Way Things AreChapter 16: Performing the ConversationChapter 17: Closing the ConversationIndexAbout the Author.
Summary: "Christine Davis offers readers an insider's view of the practices of ten leading qualitative communication scholars, showing how they make critical decisions in the process of conducting research. Through interviews and reflective assessment of their key articles, these researchers make visible how they deal with theory, data collection, analysis, and writing up a study. These scholars represent the full range of qualitative communication research: social science, narrative, and performance. Davis provides additional context to offer the reader a practical understanding of how to navigate a qualitative research project"--
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UMU Masaka Campus 302.20721 DAV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 45615

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: PrefaceChapter 1: Opening the Conversation Part 1: Narrative-Based Qualitative ResearchChapter 2: Narrating the Conversation Chapter 3: Carolyn Ellis: Sharing a Voice--The Power of Story Chapter 4: Chris Poulos: Transgressing and Qualitative Criteria--Good Research is Never SafeChapter 5: Buddy Goodall: Finding Meaning in the Mundane--Culture as DataPart 2: Social Science Based Qualitative ResearchChapter 6: Changing the ConversationChapter 7: Dawn Braithwaite: Starting with Theory but Being open to Aha MomentsChapter 8: Alan DeSantis: Observing the Story that Needs to be ToldChapter 9: Gerry Philipsen: Bringing Deep Interpretation to Meaningful Inquiry--Systematic AnalysisChapter 10: Sarah Tracy: Connecting with Participants--Understanding and RapportChapter 11: Analyzing the ConversationPart 3: Arts-Based Qualitative ResearchChapter 12: Breathing the Conversation: Bringing Life to Dead (Research Methods)Chapter 13: Norman Denzin: Analyzing Historical Culture--Studying the Dead AliveChapter 14: Ron Pelias: Writing Evocatively--Making Bodies BehaveChapter 15: Stacy Holman Jones: Performing the Everyday--Questioning the Way Things AreChapter 16: Performing the ConversationChapter 17: Closing the ConversationIndexAbout the Author.

"Christine Davis offers readers an insider's view of the practices of ten leading qualitative communication scholars, showing how they make critical decisions in the process of conducting research. Through interviews and reflective assessment of their key articles, these researchers make visible how they deal with theory, data collection, analysis, and writing up a study. These scholars represent the full range of qualitative communication research: social science, narrative, and performance. Davis provides additional context to offer the reader a practical understanding of how to navigate a qualitative research project"--

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