Image-Based Research: A SourceBook for Qualitative Researchers
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Overview
Just what is a picture worth? Qualitative research is dominated by language. However, researchers have recently shown a growing interest in adopting an image-based approach. This is the first volume dedicated to exploring this approach and will prove an invaluable sourcebook for researchers in the field. The book covers a broad scope, including theory and the research process; and provides practical examples of how image-based research is applied in the field. The book covers a broad scope, including theory and the research process; and provides practical examples of how image-based research is applied in the field. It discusses use of images: in child abuse investigation; exploring children's drawings in health education; cartoons; the media and teachers.Synopsis
Just what is a picture worth? Qualitative research is dominated by language. However, researchers have recently shown a growing interest in adopting an image-based approach. This is the first volume dedicated to exploring this approach and will prove an invaluable sourcebook for researchers in the field. The book covers a broad scope, including theory and the research process; and provides practical examples of how image-based research is applied in the field. The book covers a broad scope, including theory and the research process; and provides practical examples of how image-based research is applied in the field. It discusses use of images: in child abuse investigation; exploring children's drawings in health education; cartoons; the media and teachers.
Booknews
Investigates the anthropological, sociological, and psychological meanings that can be teased out of such visual imagery as school portraits, family photography, paintings, ethnographic films, and political cartoons. Eighteen chapters, organized into three sections treating theory, methodology, and case studies, explore the use of images to research such issues as photographic manipulation, contextuality, digitalization, sexual abuse, and the professional identity of teachers. Distributed by Taylor & Francis. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.