Image-based Research: A Sourcebook for Qualitative Researchers

This book by Jon Prosser explores the use of images in qualitative research. It looks at the theory and processes behind this approach and uses a range of detailed examples that demonstrate its use in the field. Prosser looks at the use of images in a wide variety of contexts, including: child abuse investigation; exploring children's drawings in health education; cartoons; the media and teachers.

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Contents

• An Argument for Visual Sociology 24
• Filmmaking and Ethnographic Research 42
• The Partiality of Photographic 60
• Visual Sociology Documentary Photography 84
• The Status of Imagebased Research 97
• Images in the Research Process 113
• Remarks on Visual Competence as an Integral Part 131
• Photocontext 148
• The Application of Images in Child Abuse Investigations 176
• Imagebased Research in Practice 195
• Interpreting Family Photography as Pictorial Communication 214
• Pupils Using Photographs in School Selfevaluation 235
• Cartoons and Teachers Mediated Visual Images as Data 252
• A Sociological Account 284
• Notes on Contributors 307
• Copyright