TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kamberelis,George
AU  - Dimitriadis,Greg
TI  - Focus groups: from structured interviews to collective conversations 
SN  - 9780415692267 (hbk.)
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Focus Groups
KW  - Focus groups
KW  - fast
KW  - Sozialwissenschaften
KW  - gnd
KW  - Methodologie
KW  - Gruppeninterview
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [105]-109) and index; Focus groups: a brief and incomplete history -- Multiple, interrelated functions of focus group work -- Key affordances of focus group research -- Fundamental elements of effective focus group research practice -- Contemporary dilemmas and horizons of focus group research -- Epilogue
N2  - 'Focus Groups: From Structured Interviews to Collective Conversations is a conceptual and practical introduction to focus group. As the title indicates, focus groups traditionally encompass a wide range of discursive practices. These span from formal structured interviews with particular people assembled around clearly delimited topics to less formal, open-ended conversations with large and small groups that can unfold in myriad and unpredictable ways. Additionally, focus groups can and have served many overlapping purposes--from the pedagogical, to the political, to the traditionally empirical. In this book, focus groups are systematically explored; not as an extension or elaboration of interview work alone, but as its own specific research method with its own particular affordances. This book comprehensively explores: The nature of focus groups ; Politic and activist uses of focus groups ; Practical ways to run a successful focus group ; Effective analysis of focus group data ; Contemporary threats to focus groups. Focus Groups: From Structured Interviews to Collective Conversations is essential reading for qualitative researchers at every level, particularly those involved in education, nursing, social work, anthropology, and sociology disciplines.'--Publisher's website
ER  -