How is qualitative marketing and consumer research conducted today?
– What is rigorous research in this field?
– What are the new, cutting edge techniques?
Written for students, scholars, and marketing research practitioners, this book takes readers through the basics to an advanced understanding of the latest developments in qualitative marketing and consumer research. The book offers readers a practical guide to planning, conducting, analyzing, and presenting research using both time-tested and new methods, skills and technologies. With hands-on exercises that researchers can practice and apply, the book leads readers step-by-step through developing qualitative researching skills, using illustrations drawn from the best of recent and classic research.
Whatever your background, this book will help you become a better researcher and help your research come alive for others.
Innehållsförteckning
Introduction
Getting Started: How to Begin a Qualitative Research Project
Depth Interviews
Ethnography and Observational Methods
Online Observation and Netnography
Data Collection Aids
Approaches to Data Analysis, Interpretation and Theory Building for Scholarly Research
Analysis, Theory and Presentation for Managers
Presenting, Disseminating, and Sharing
Final Thoughts
Om författaren
Robert Kozinets is the Jayne and Hans Hufschmid Chair of Strategic Public Relations and Business Communication at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and Marshall School of Business. An academic whose methods and theories are widely used by researchers, in classrooms, and in industry, he has taught digital methods to some of the world’s best students and consulted with a range of highly respected global organizations.