Conversations about Qualitative Communication Research: Behind the Scenes with Leading Scholars / Edition 1

by Christine S Davis

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781611321272
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/15/2013
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

One: Opening the Conversation; Two: Rock Stars and Scholarly Identities; One: Narrative Research Strategies; Three: Carolyn Ellis; Four: Buddy Goodall; Five: Adding My Story to the Conversation; Two: Social Science Research Strategies; Six: Quality Qualitative Communication Scholarship; Seven: Dawn O. Braithwaite 1; Eight: Alan DeSantis 1; Nine: Gerry Philipsen; Ten: Sarah Tracy; Three: Arts-Based Research Strategies; Eleven: Moving the Conversation; Twelve: Chris Poulos: “Transgressions” and Qualitative Criteria; Thirteen: Norm Denzin; Fourteen: Ron Pelias; Fifteen: Stacy Holman Jones; Four: The Significance of Qualitative Research Strategies; Sixteen: Continuing the Conversation to the Next Generation; Seventeen: Passing on the Conversation

Editorial Reviews

[This book offers an] inspirational and original approach to qualitative research methods. I was stirred and provoked in many rewarding ways as I read this creative text, confronting questions big and small….This is an exceptionally valuable look into the choices and challenges faced by pioneers in the field.”
 —Chad Hammond, British Journal of Psychology

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