Image-based research : a sourcebook for qualitative researchers / edited by Jon Prosser.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Prosser, Jon, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Visual anthropology.

Visual sociology.

Photography in the social sciences.

Physical Description:

vii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Bristol, PA : Falmer Press, 1998.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Visual anthropology / Marcus Banks

An argument for visual sociology / Douglas Harper

Film-making and ethnographic research / Paul Henley

"The camera never lies" / Brian Winston

Psychology and photographic theory / Órla Cronin

Visual sociology, documentary photography, and photojournalism / Howard S. Becker

The status of image-based research / Jon Prosser

Photographs within the sociological research process / Jon Prosser and Dona Schwartz

Remarks on visual competence as an integral part of ethnographic fieldwork practice / Michael Ball

Photocontext / Clem Adelman

Media convergence and social research / Rob Walker and Ron Lewis

The application of images in child abuse investigations / Hollida Wakefield and Ralph Underwager

Picture this! Class line-ups, vernacular portraits and lasting impressions of school / Claudia Mitchell and Sandra Weber

Interpreting family photography as pictorial communication / Richard Chalfen

Pupils using photographs in school self-evaluation / Michael Schratz and Ulrike Steiner-Löffler

Cartoons and teachers / Terry Warburton

Images and curriculum development in health education / Noreen M. Wetton and Jennifer McWhirter

Making meanings in art worlds / Elizabeth Chaplin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0750707062

075070649X

OCLC:

39351844

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