Jenny Kitzinger & Rosaline S. Barbour 
Developing Focus Group Research [EPUB ebook] 
Politics, Theory and Practice

This book critically examines the potential of, and suggests ways forward in, harnessing a versatile and powerful method of research – focus groups. The book challenges some of the emerging orthodoxies and presents accessible, insightful and reflective discussions about the issues around focus group work.

The contributors, an impressive group of experienced researchers from a range of disciplines and traditions, discuss different ways of designing, conducting and analyzing focus group research. They examine sampling strategies; the implications of combining focus groups with other methods; accessing views of `minority′ groups; their contribution to participatory or feminist research; use of software packages; discourse analysis; and the epistemological and political underpinnings of research.

Table des matières

Introduction – Jenny Kitzinger and Rosaline S Barbour

The Challenge and Promise of Focus Groups

The Impact of Context on Data – Judith Green and Laura Hart

Combining Focus Groups and Interviews – Lynn Michell

Telling How it Is; Telling How it Feels

Are Focus Groups Suitable for `Sensitive′ Topics? – Clare Farquhar with Rita Das

How Useful Are Focus Groups in Feminist Research? – Sue Wilkinson

Do Focus Groups Facilitate Meaningful Participation in Social Research? – Rachel Baker and Rachel Hinton

How Useful Are Focus Groups for Obtaining the Views of Minority Groups? – Lai-Fong Chui and Deborah Knight

Are Focus Groups an Appropriate Tool for Studying Organizational Change? – Rosaline S Barbour

Can Focus Groups Access Community Views? – Claire Waterton and Brian Wynne

Some Issues Arising in the Systematic Analysis of Focus Group Materials – Jane Frankland and Michael Bloor

The Analytical Potential of `Sensitive Moments′ in Focus Group Discussions – Jenny Kitzinger and Clare Farquhar

Can Focus Groups Be Analyzed as Talk? – Greg Myers and Phil Macnaghten

Theorizing Subjects and Subject Matter in Focus Group Research – Sarah Cunningham-Burley, Anne Kerr and Stephen Pavis

Afterword – Rosaline S Barbour and Jenny Kitzinger

A propos de l’auteur

Rosaline (Rose) S. Barbour is an Emerita Professor at the Open University, UK. A medical medial sociologist by discipline, she has carried out research on a variety of topics including reproductive/maternal health, HIV/AIDS, obesity, and cancer. Significantly, all of these projects are located at the intersection of the social and the clinical, thus affording a vantage point for developing and interrogating disciplinary and theoretical frameworks. Rose has published widely on qualitative research, particularly in relation to focus groups and the issue of rigour. Her most recent publications include Introducing Qualitative Research A Student’s Guide, 2nd ed. (SAGE, 2014); Doing Focus Groups, 2nd ed. (SAGE, 2018); and A New Era of Focus Group Research: Challenges, Innovation and Practice (coedited with David L. Morgan; Palgrave, 2017).