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 anal
Rosaline S Barbour teaches at the University of Hull.
Jenny Kitzinger teaches at the University of Glasgow and is a member of the Glasgow Media Group.
CONTRIBUTORS
Amanda Amos University of Edinburgh
Rachel Baker University of Durham
Rosaline S Barbour University of Hull
Michael Bloor University of Wales
Sarah Cunningham-Burley University of Edinburgh
Rita Das University College London
Clare Farquhar South Bank University, London
Jane Frankland University of Wales
Judith Green South Bank University, London
Rachel Hinton University of Cambridge
Laura Hart South Bank University, London
Anne Kerr University of Edinburgh
Jenny Kitzinger University of Glasgow
Deborah Knight East Riding Health Authority
Chiu Lai Fong University of Leeds
Lynn Mitchell University of Glasgow
Steve Pavis University of Edinburgh
Edwin van Teijlingen University of Aberdeen
Claire Waterton Lancaster University
Sue Wilkinson Loughborough University
Brian Wynne Lancaster University