Image-based Research: A Sourcebook for Qualitative Researchers

by Prosser,Jon; Prosser,Jon

• ISBN13: 9780750706490
• ISBN10: 075070649X
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1998-04-01
• Publisher: Routledge

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
A Theoretical Overview of Image-based Research	p. 7
Visual Anthropology: Image, Object and Interpretation	p. 9
An Argument for Visual Sociology	p. 24
Film-making and Ethnographic Research	p. 42
'The Camera Never Lies': The Partiality of Photographic Evidence	p. 60
Psychology and Photographic Theory	p. 69
Visual Sociology, Documentary Photography, and Photojournalism: It's (Almost) All a Matter of Context	p. 84
The Status of Image-based Research	p. 97
Images in the Research Process	p. 113
Photographs within the Sociological Research Process	p. 115
Remarks on Visual Competence as an Integral Part of Ethnographic Fieldwork Practice: The Visual Availability of Culture	p. 131
Photocontext	p. 148
Media Convergence and Social Research: The Hathaway Project	p. 162
The Application of Images in Child Abuse Investigations	p. 176
Image-based Research in Practice	p. 195
Picture This! Class Line-ups, Vernacular Portraits and Lasting Impressions of School	p. 197
Interpreting Family Photography as Pictorial Communication	p. 214
Pupils Using Photographs in School Self-evaluation	p. 235
Cartoons and Teachers: Mediated Visual Images as Data	p. 252
Images and Curriculum Development in Health Education	p. 263
Making Meanings in Art Worlds: A Sociological Account of the Career of John Constable and his Oeuvre, with Special Reference to 'The Cornfield' (Homage to Howard Becker)	p. 284
Notes on Contributors	p. 307
Index	p. 311
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