Video in Qualitative Research ― Analysing Social Interaction in Everyday Life

Three authors identified only by name introduce methods for using video for research in the social sciences, particularly using audio-visual recordings to support the analysis of everyday social activities. They consider using video at all stage of research from preliminary planning through data collection, to presenting findings. Unlike many texts on qualitative research, they emphasize analyzing data, including matters of transcription, observation, and conception. The topics are video, analysis, and the social sciences; access, ethics, and project planning; collecting audio-visual data; developing preliminary observations to analyze video; objects, participation, and institutional practice; preparing presentations and publications; and implications, applications, and new developments. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)