Thomas R. Lindlof & Bryan C. Taylor 
Qualitative Communication Research Methods [PDF ebook] 

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Chapter 1. Introduction to Qualitative Communication Research
Rounding the (Paradigm) Bases: A Brief History of Qualitative Communication Research
Covering New Material(ism), Going Big: Two Trends in Qualitative Communication Research
Conclusion
Exercises
Chapter 2. The Diversity of Qualitative Research in Communication Subfields
Baker’s Dozen: Thirteen Subfields, Thirteen Stories of Qualitative Communication Research
Conclusion
Exercises
Chapter 3. Theoretical Traditions and Qualitative Communication Research
Introduction: “What Would You Like on Your Sandwich?”
The Phenomenological Tradition
The Sociocultural Tradition
Critical Theories
Conclusion
Exercises
Chapter 4. Design I: Planning Research Projects
Introduction
“My City, My Society, and My Life”: Renee’s Story
Sources of Research Ideas
Evaluating the Scene
Conclusion
Exercises
Chapter 5. Design II: Implementing Research Projects
Introduction
Negotiating Access
Exploratory and Mixed Methods
Sampling
Human Subject Protections
The Research Proposal
Conclusion
Exercises
Chapter 6. Producing Data I: Participation, Observation, and Recording Communication
Introduction: Welcome to Fieldwork
Ethnography and Participant Observation
Successful Participant Observation
Adapting Roles
Tactical Observing
Writing Fieldnotes
Conclusion
Exercises
Chapter 7. Producing Data II: Qualitative Interviewing
Introduction
Purposes of the Qualitative Interview
Types of Interviews in Communication Research
Interviewing Practices
Question Design and Use
Transcribing Interviews
Conclusion
Exercises
Chapter 8. Producing Data III: Studying Materiality
Introduction
Material Culture
Documents
Conclusion
Exercises
Chapter 9. Sensemaking I: Analyzing, Coding, and Managing Data
Introduction
Qualitative Data Analysis: An Overview
In-Process Writing
Categories and Codes
Grounded Theory
Coding Examples
Leaving the Field
Tools for Analysis
Conclusion
Exercises
Chapter 10. Sensemaking II: Creating, Evaluating, and Enhancing Interpretations of Data
Introduction
Creating Interpretations
Evaluating Interpretations
Enhancing Interpretations
Conclusion
Exercises
Chapter 11. Writing, Authoring, and Publishing
Introduction: Going Public
The Crisis of Representation
After the Fall: Reading and Writing Qualitative Research
Institutional Contexts of Qualitative Writing
The Craft of Qualitative Writing: Three Types of Formats and Their Related Strategies
Some Final Thoughts on Writing
Exercises
Epilogue
References
Author Index
Subject Index

Bryan C. Taylor is a Professor of Communication, and the Director of the Peace, Conflict and Security Program at the University of Colorado-Boulder. His teaching and research interests include qualitative methods, security studies, organizational communication, and technology studies. He has published in the Annals of the International Communication Association, Communication Research, Critical Studies in Media Communication, Journal of Applied Communication Research, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Management Communication Quarterly, Quarterly Journal of Speech, Rhetoric and Public Affairs, Culture and Organization, and elsewhere. He is co-author with Thomas Lindlof of Qualitative Communication Research Methods (Sage) and co-editor of Nuclear Legacies: Communication, Controversy and the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Production Complex (Lexington Press), which received the 2008 Christine Oravec Research Award from the Environmental Communication Division of the National Communication Association.