Full Description
What can language tell us about society? Looking at a range of genres, from political speeches to internet chat, this book shows how qualitative methods are used to analyse discourses throughout the social sciences. The practical problems of designing and conducting discourse-based research are solved in this key resource for all social scientists.
Contents
IntroductionR.Wodak.- Analyzing Newspapers, Magazines and Other Print Media; G. Mautner.- Analyzing Communication in the New Media; H. Gruber.- Analyzing TV documentaries; A. Pollak.- Analyzing Political Rhetoric; M. Reisigl.- Analyzing Interaction in Broadcast Debates; G. Myers.- Analyzing Research Interviews; J. Abell and G. Myers.- Analyzing Focus Group Discussions; M. Krzyzanowski.- Discourse Analysis and Ethnography; F.Oberhuber and M. Krzyzanowski.- Glossary.
