Qualitative Methods
Data Collection Methods
Data and Data Collection
Visual Methods
Visual Methods
Contemporary visual sociologists images as data in three primary ways: subject produced; researcher created; or preexisting. Images (drawings, videos, photographs, etc.) may be made by the research subjects, made by the researcher either about the subjects or to show the subjects, or already exist in a visual archive somewhere, like the Library of Congress. Each of these categories of images can be subjected to qualitative analysis and/or may be used to facilitate open-ended interviewing called photo-elicitation. We will discuss each of these types of images and their uses within qualitative research in turn.
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