Developing Focus Group Research

Politics, Theory and Practice

Inbunden, Engelska, 1998

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Beskrivning

This book critically examines the potential of, and suggests ways forward in, harnessing a versatile and powerful method of research - focus groups. The book challenges some of the emerging orthodoxies and presents accessible, insightful and reflective discussions about the issues around focus group work.

The contributors, an impressive group of experienced researchers from a range of disciplines and traditions, discuss different ways of designing, conducting and analyzing focus group research. They examine sampling strategies; the implications of combining focus groups with other methods; accessing views of `minority' groups; their contribution to participatory or feminist research; use of software packages; discourse analysis; and the epistemological and political underpinnings of research.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1998-12-29
Mått:156 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt:470 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Upplaga:1
Förlag:SAGE Publications
ISBN:9780761955672

Utforska kategorier

Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Rosaline (Rose) S. Barbour is an Emerita Professor at the Open University, UK. A medical medial sociologist by discipline, she has carried out research on a variety of topics including reproductive/maternal health, HIV/AIDS, obesity, and cancer. Significantly, all of these projects are located at the intersection of the social and the clinical, thus affording a vantage point for developing and interrogating disciplinary and theoretical frameworks. Rose has published widely on qualitative research, particularly in relation to focus groups and the issue of rigour. Her most recent publications include Introducing Qualitative Research A Student’s Guide, 2nd ed. (SAGE, 2014); Doing Focus Groups, 2nd ed. (SAGE, 2018); and A New Era of Focus Group Research: Challenges, Innovation and Practice (coedited with David L. Morgan; Palgrave, 2017).

Recensioner i media

`If you are considering focus group methodology in your own research this will provide you with a good starting point taking you through the epistemological and political issues of such research in process′ - European Journal of Communication

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction - Jenny Kitzinger and Rosaline S BarbourThe Challenge and Promise of Focus GroupsThe Impact of Context on Data - Judith Green and Laura HartCombining Focus Groups and Interviews - Lynn MichellTelling How it Is; Telling How it FeelsAre Focus Groups Suitable for `Sensitive′ Topics? - Clare Farquhar with Rita DasHow Useful Are Focus Groups in Feminist Research? - Sue WilkinsonDo Focus Groups Facilitate Meaningful Participation in Social Research? - Rachel Baker and Rachel HintonHow Useful Are Focus Groups for Obtaining the Views of Minority Groups? - Lai-Fong Chui and Deborah KnightAre Focus Groups an Appropriate Tool for Studying Organizational Change? - Rosaline S BarbourCan Focus Groups Access Community Views? - Claire Waterton and Brian WynneSome Issues Arising in the Systematic Analysis of Focus Group Materials - Jane Frankland and Michael BloorThe Analytical Potential of `Sensitive Moments′ in Focus Group Discussions - Jenny Kitzinger and Clare FarquharCan Focus Groups Be Analyzed as Talk? - Greg Myers and Phil MacnaghtenTheorizing Subjects and Subject Matter in Focus Group Research - Sarah Cunningham-Burley, Anne Kerr and Stephen PavisAfterword - Rosaline S Barbour and Jenny Kitzinger