Description
Researching Interpersonal Relationships: Qualitative Methods, Studies, and Analysis, by Jimmie Manning and Adrianne Kunkel, explores and demonstrates methodological tools and theories used to guide relationships research, especially studies of interpersonal communication. Featuring chapters illustrated by research studies conducted by leading communication scholars, this book introduces both classic and cutting-edge methodological approaches to qualitative inquiry and analysis. Each chapter highlights a particular method, context, and analytical tool. Through the methodological and analytical overviews, illustrative research studies, and post-study interviews with the researchers, readers can better understand how qualitative research approaches can expand and solidify understandings of personal relationships.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: Embracing a Full Spectrum of Interpersonal Communication Research
1. Understanding Personal Relationships through an Interpretivist-Oriented Lens
2. Method and Analysis in Qualitative Relationships Research
3. Interviews, Emotion Coding, and a Family Communication Study
4. Focus Groups, Values Coding, and a Romantic Relationships Study
5. Open-Ended Surveys, Taxonomic Coding, and a Friendship Study
6. Ethnography, Dramaturgical Coding, and a Sexuality Study
7. Discourse Analysis, Thematic Analysis, and a Study of Computer-Mediated Communication
8. Narrative Inquiry, Crystallization, and a Study of Workplace Relationships
9. Writing and Presenting Qualitative Interpersonal Communication Studies
References
Index
