Reflexivity has become a signal topic in contemporary discussions of qualitative research,
especially in educational studies. It shows two general inflections in the literature. Positional …

A community of practice has recently been defined as “a flexible group of professionals,
informally bound by common interests, who interact through interdependent tasks guided by …

The Routledge Encyclopedia of Research Methods in Applied Linguistics provides
accessible and concise explanations of key concepts and terms related to research methods …

INTRODUCING QUALITATIVE METHODS provides a series of volumes which introduce
qualitative research to the student and beginning researcher. The approach is …

Conversation is one of the most widespread uses of human language, but what is actually
happening when we interact this way? How is conversation structured? How does it …

Giampietro Gobo is Professor of Methodology of Social Research at the University of Milan.
His research has been focused on qualitative methods and the improvement of survey data …

This book has three objectives. First, it sets out to introduce conversation analysis (CA) and
discourse analysis (DA) as methodological approaches to the study of talk, both of which …

The news interview has become a major vehicle for presenting broadcast news and political
commentary, and a primary interface between the institutions of journalism and government …

How is qualitative social research possible? That is a question that one can try to answer in
many different ways. How is it possible in principle? How is it possible in actual practice …

Designed for introductory research courses in the professional fields and social sciences,
this text acquaints students and beginning researchers with a broad view of research …