Researching the Visual (Introducing Qualitative Methods series) - Softcover

Michael Emmison; Philip Smith; Margery Mayall

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1446207889 ISBN 13: 9781446207888

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

This exciting Second Edition provides an overview of the field of visual research by drawing on the contributions of traditions as diverse as semiotics, ethnomethodology, symbolic interactionism and material culture studies and by demonstrating their potential application for the visual researcher. The new edition includes fully updated exercises which show students how `low-tech, low-budget' visual research can provide methodologically sophisticated ways of testing and developing cultural theory. The book also addresses the ethical considerations that are relevant to visual researchers.

Generously illustrated with images and diagrams, this new edition is the perfect companion to those doing visual research projects and writing dissertations and theses.

About this title

Review:

Stocked with artful new insights, methods and observations without jettisoning more enduring concerns, the field of visual research as presented here is a very welcome sight.
David Rowe
University of Western Sydney

In this newest edition, the authors take visual research far beyond the study of two-dimensional images to show readers how observational techniques can be marshalled to analyze public and private spaces in the built environment, human interaction and the culture of everyday life. Researching the Visual is a real eye-opener.
David Grazian
University of Pennsylvania

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About the Author:

My current research interests are primarily informed by ethnomethodology and are largely focused on the analysis of conversational interaction, in particular on talk in institutional settings. Between 1999 and 2002 I was a co-recipient of a large ARC grant investigating expert-lay communication on a computer software helpline. Since then I have extended this program of inquiry in a number of directions.  One is concerned with the organization of troubles telling and advice giving on a national Australian Children's helpline and the impact that technological modality (ie telephone, web-counseling and email) has on these phenomena.  A second project, which is in its early stages, is examining interaction between parents and nurses on the Queensland Child Health line.

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1446207889
• ISBN 13: 9781446207888
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 288