Talk and Interaction in Social Research Methods

Abstract

The Language of Social Science - Darin Weinberg A Brief Introduction PART ONE: TALK-IN-INTERACTION IN THE CONTEXT OF RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES Standardization-In-Interaction - Douglas W Maynard and Nora Cate Schaeffer The Survey Interview Interaction in Interviews - Robin Wooffitt and Sue Widdicombe Analyzing Interaction in Focus Groups - Sue Wilkinson When Documents `Speak' - Paul Drew Documents, Language and Interaction Observation, Video and Ethnography - Anssi Perakyla Case Studies in AIDS Counselling and Greetings Language, Dialogue and Ethnographic Objectivity - Darin Weinberg PART TWO: TALK-IN-INTERACTION IN THE CONTEXT OF RESEARCH IN FIELDS OF SUBSTANTIVE SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH Questions at Work - Geoffrey Raymond Yes/No Type Interrogatives in Institutional Contexts Understanding News Media - Steven E Clayman The Relevance of Interaction Talking Sex and Gender - Celia Kitzinger Anomalies and Ambiguities - Byron Burkhalter Finding and Discounting the Relevance of Race in Interracial Relationships Using Talk to Study the Policing of Gangs and Its Recordwork - Albert J Meehan