Qualitative Discourse Analysis in the Social Sciences

ISBN-13: 9780230019874 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 232 str.

Ruth Wodak

Opis

Analyzing language can be tricky but it provides a useful insight within social research. This book shows how to apply methods to written and spoken words, across a range of social sciences. Solving practical problems in research design and application, this is a key resource for all social scientists.

Spis treści

Introduction: Discourse Studies - Important Concepts and Terms; R.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.

O autorze

RUTH WODAK is Distinguished Professor and Chair of Discourse Studies in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University. She was previously awarded the Wittgenstein Prize for Elite Researchers and is Head of the Wittgenstein Research Centre 'Discourse, Politics, Identity' at the University of Vienna.  She has been published widely in the field of Discourse Analysis and Critical Discourse Studies.
MICHAL KRZYZANOWSKI is Research Fellow in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University and Assistant Professor at the School of English of the Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan. He has been published widely in the field of Discourse Analysis.