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Doing Discourse Research
An Introduction for Social Scientists
- Reiner Keller - University of Augsburg, Germany
December 2012 | 176 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
This book provides an introduction to the basic principles of discourse research and provides practical research strategies for doing discourse analyses in the social sciences. The book includes guidance on developing a research question, selecting data and analyzing it, and presenting your results. The author has extensive practical experience in the field of discourse research and shows throughout how the methods suggested are compatible with numerous research questions and problems in sociology, cultural, political and social studies and related disciplines.
The Current Relevance of Discourse Research
Approaches in Discourse Research
The Research Process
Doing Discourse Research
The Detailed Analysis of Data
From Detailed Analysis to Overall Results
Concluding Remarks
A very helpful primer in what is a complex area
Social Policy and Social Work Department, University of York
October 21, 2013
This is a text that I recommend as a 'must have' for any students pursuing Discourse Analysis in their research.
Faculty of Education & Theology, York St John University College
October 15, 2013
for those undertaking discourse research for the first time this book provides a simple structure in understanding how to collect data of this kind.
Humanities , Croydon College
May 10, 2013
Handy and timely, rigourous but useable
Social Policy and Social Work Department, University of York
March 27, 2013
I found this a very good starting point to understand discourse research.
Teaching, Health and Care, Bradford College
March 13, 2013
A sound introduction to a useful research strategy.
Education (Carlisle), University of Cumbria
February 4, 2013
A fascinating exploration into the approaches of discourse research. The inclusion of discourse research outside the English-speaking world is a truly valuable contribution that the book makes.
Department of Visual Arts, University of Pretoria
January 24, 2013
