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Qualitative research and its place in psychological science
In discussing the place of diverse qualitative research within psychological science, the authors highlight the potential permeability of the quantitative-qualitative boundary and identify different ways of increasing communication between researchers specializing in different methods. Explicating diversity within qualitative research is facilitated, initially, through documenting the range of qualitative data collection and analytic methods available. The authors then consider the notion of paradigmatic frame and review debates on the current and future positioning of qualitative research within psychological science. In so doing, the authors argue that the different ways in which the concept of paradigm can be interpreted allow them to challenge the idea that diverse research paradigms are prima facie incommensurate. Further, reviewing the ways in which proponents of qualitative research are seeking to reconfigure the links between paradigms helps the authors to envisage how communication between research communities can be enhanced. This critical review allows the authors to systematize possible configurations for research practice in psychology on a continuum of paradigm integration and to specify associated criteria for judging intermethod coherence
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Ethnography, education and on-line research
This paper is an attempt to establish the methodological basis for carrying out ethnographies of online education communities, in particular in the Continuing Professional Development VITAL project co-ordinated by the Faculty of Education and Language Studies at The Open University www.vital.ac.uk/
A much shorter earlier draft version of this paper was given at the Qualitative Research For Web 2.0/3.0: The Next Leap! 25 & 26 March 2010 in Berlin. Organised by Merlien.
The arguments and references in this paper are almost all to be found in two books 'one authored and one edited â by Professor Christine Hine of Surrey University, UK (Hine 2000; Hine 2005)
Alien nation: contemporary art and black Britain
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This fascinating text introduces readers to postcolonial theory using the context of British media culture in ethnic minority communities to explain key ideas and debates. Each chapter considers a specific media output and uses a wealth of examples to offer an absorbing insight into postcolonial media for all students of cultural and media studies
Human interaction in the Swedish biogas sector
The aim of this thesis is to investigate the role of human interaction in defining, shaping, and
continuously re-shaping interpretations towards the biogas phenomenon in Sweden. This
investigation was conducted via two forms of inquiry. First, a theoretical inquiry was
conducted which was grounded in the principles of symbolic interactionism. The purpose of
this inquiry was to create a theoretical framework that can be applied to better understand the
phenomenon of human interaction. Second, an empirical inquiry was conducted based on
participatory research that involved direct interaction with actors working within the Swedish
biogas context. The empirical inquiry provided the opportunity to present concrete, tangible
results regarding the role of human interaction in the biogas sector, and was based on my own
direct participation in the Swedish biogas-context. This theoretical-empirical framework
(created through the two forms of inquiry) was established through a somewhat interdependent
process; that is, the underlying theoretical framework was used as a reference point from which
to conduct the empirical inquiry, while the theory itself was derived with empirical results and
observations in mind. As such, each form of inquiry served to support and complement the
other.
A main component of both inquiries was to investigate the role symbols play during
interaction. Key symbols that were observed during biogas-related interaction were outlined
and discussed. A discussion was also provided regarding the role these symbols played in
facilitating shared meaning and cooperation amongst the actors, as well as their role in
learning, perspective change and knowledge creation. To complement these empirical
observations, a personal account of how direct interaction in the Swedish biogas sector has
shifted my own perspective towards the biogas phenomenon was also provided
What is the âTelevisionâ of the European Journal of Cultural Studies? Reflections on 20 years of the study of television in the journal
Over 20 years, the European Journal of Cultural Studies has been an important
resource for those writing and thinking about television, and this article reflects
on the rich material contained in the long run of issues published since 1998. As
part of âOn the Moveâ, the Special Issue to mark the 20th anniversary of the journal,
it also introduces the special online dossier of articles on television. It offers an
impressionistic reflection on the authorâs experiences of engaging with work on
television as it has appeared in this journal. In homage to Raymond Williams, that
great writer about television (and much else), this article focuses on three key words
which seem crucial to this enterprise â journal, television and European
Dystopian Realities : Investigating the Perception of and Interaction with Surveillance Practices
This article seeks to sketch out how the field of surveillance studies has conceptualized surveillance practices, and how cultural and technological shifts have prompted scholars to re-imagine these theoretical frameworks. The article investigates the interplay of (dystopian) popular cultural representations of surveillance cultures and the perception of and attitude towards contemporary surveillance practices, as well as how individuals react to and interact with them. The article also outlines a study regarding the aforementioned issues that was conducted among a sample of 150 university students, which focused especially on each participantÂs subjective ability to distinguish between fictional scenarios and real-life surveillance practices
The existence of Roma in youth justice discourses
Critical scholars have repeatedly emphasised the importance of how various categories become constructed. This paper discusses the âexistenceâ of âthe otherâ in youth justice discourses. Drawing on qualitative analysis of police, prosecution, youth court and social services discourses, this paper discusses the positioning of migrant youths, referred to youth court on suspicion of having committed an offence. The talk particularly focuses on Czech and Slovak Roma in two legal departments in Belgium. I discuss in what types of cases and discourses the case of Roma (i.e. references to ethnicity and popular images of the âRoma cultureâ) exists and in what instances it seizes to exist. Particular attention is directed to the constitutions, circularity and contexts of ethnicising discourses throughout youth justice trajectories, as well as their performative nature
Metadiscourse analysis of digital interpersonal interactions in academic settings in Turkey
Rapid technological advances, efficiency and easy access have firmly established emailing as a vital medium of communication in the last decades. Nowadays, all around the world, particularly in educational settings, the medium is one of the most widely used modes of interaction between students and university lecturers. Despite their important role in academic life, very little is known about the metadiscursive characteristics of these e-messages and as far as the author is aware there is no study that has examined metadiscourse in request emails in Turkish. This study aims to contribute to filling in this gap by focusing on the following two research questions: (i) How many and what type of interpersonal metadiscourse markers are used in request emails sent by students to their lecturers? (ii) Where are they placed and how are they combined with other elements in the text? In order to answer these questions a corpus of unsolicited request e-mails in Turkish was compiled. The data collection started in January 2010 and continued until March 2018. A total of 353 request emails sent from university students to their lecturers were collected. The data were first transcribed in CLAN CHILDES format and analysed using the interpersonal model. The metadiscourse categories that aimed to involve readers in the email were identified and classified. Next, their places in the text were determined and described in detail. Findings of the study show that request emails include a wide array of multifunctional interpersonal metadiscourse markers which are intricately combined and employed by the writers to reach their aims. The results also showed that there is a close relation between the âweight of the requestâ and number of the interpersonal metadiscourse markers in request mails
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