HORIZONrae ‘Complete Et of te In Te SAGE Guottatve Research Kt + eapring Guatatve Reareh ve Fick 1 Doing tenes Stor Kate + Ben Etraeni ons Oban sch Moa Arairo {Dobe Focus Groups athe {Ba Gonmston couse eOocanat An may {Manage Quatly h Quctatve Retorch Uwe Member of th Edo Actor Boers ada Coin Son Jot Ste Unive, Osan USA. Noman K Darin Unie oft urbana Cnompaign, USA PolerFeeboay Unie of Qoandond $. use. Auta, ken Gergen Swarm Cologe, Sn dori onon Merchostor Unverty Manche, Jk itchoet tary Keats Uv, Kool, Uk ‘ive seate nol Urversty Usp, Jonathon Poster lougrberoughUntenty, Loughborough Uk fxpaet Wethoret (Open Unive, ton Keynes UkIl Contents ona np 2007 et ‘ire cree penind ae ‘lpn ue pai my cl ‘Set tn! ety yaa at ‘pein sg of x atc ce (Scout mpeis etc a t in he Cog Liang Ape Eee Bi Me ne ne Ace feos Sets er ra st Ne 2 eh ay Cain nF dt ‘Ace lt ile fi be Bier ‘pty Dig a Coma aa ES ay mo Tt, ie Lat fiat vi otal nsocton Uwe Fick) a Abo his bok (Ue Fis) 8 ‘Acinovitgements i 1 saying discourse 1 2 Genering sa sive 5 3 ie a ecoting “a a 4 The practtin of cating 5 Teasing aio and ven materiale o 6 Exploring conversations n 17. Esplin convertion shot and with documents s oing conversations an dscouse some debts end lemmas 99 9 Bxpng scones m 10 sng dc ng comet sas toes: a ster ix >Ill List of illustrations Boxes 3.1 Brame tvs with manager in te comtacion indy about wore ales 3.2 ample 2 ltrviews nd fous groups wt general ecutaoets bout puets wt ool problems 4). Exampl Ir Media econ making i opt wad “4.2. Beampl 2: Vaan Socunets in team mets 5.1 Potts inaction fo ranerbers 5.2. imped efesenanrascbing conventions Figure 5.1, Retanssibed seston of Ext 1 2s a st 2Editorial introduction Uwe Flick Introouetion to The SAGE Quatatve Research Kit nats quattative esoarch? How do we conduct qualita search? Scope ot Ihe SAGE QuatfotveRessorch Kt Introduction lo The SAGE Qualtiative Research Kit a recet yeas, quale seach bas enjoyed a psod of uapecedemed ‘growth and vention a it har some an omablsed a respected research proach coc a variety of dacpines and costes. An ncemng numer of ‘tien cher sed acners ae facing quo ad oben howto ‘do ualatve eect a general and orth pectic nil pupae To Inserts quests. and 1 adres sch praca problems oo ow f-d0 level the min pepo of The SAGE Quali Research Kit "Te bak in The SAGE Qualtate Reto Kt ealetly es th eae sues tat ane when we actally do que research ach book fcses on ey mets (6 ntevews ots gros ce mal (eg, vs dn rd ‘ten tht awn fo ssn toca won ane ems Maree Teal in he it ve en wn ah he df any ila pes of ear ‘anand AS sock he Ki and he ini Boks Wl be of we toa wie Varley ere + Pracstoners of quliative esearch nthe ssa sciences, mail een, ruksing rene, evalton, epaniatonal, Paxines and management studies, copie sconce te, who fice the probe of planing ab com cing specie say slag alive meh + Univers sacred etarrsin these lds ing qoaluve meade wll te expected ome hee serena ai fir eaching + Undergruce ened great sede fl tenon ming, acon, pycnoey andor fds whore qulinive methods ze « (naa) pit ft ry ening cng pri pei, wt» 3.ach tok in The SAGE Qvaltanve Research Kt tas been ten by 8 singled antr wt extensive expen in thei i nd th rice ‘vid ethos ty wee Dou Whe tinge whole sere af oak me [eponng to the en, you wil epedly come sos some aes which ae oval ay sat af gulisative esearch asc ets, desing research ot tssesking quit. However, each book sch ser are aed from the specie methodological angle ofthe mrs abd the apposch ey deste ‘has you may Hn fet approaches tise of qual or difeat ege ions of ow co aye qualitative das in he een boe, which wl em. bine presen comprebensive pict a the id ar we What is qualitative research? 1 hae become more and. more dificult to fin & como dtinon of ‘qusiive research whic i acoped by the majority of quliative reach ‘proaches and reseches Qualitative reach a0 Togs ft simply “hot -ganive esac, ot as developed an ety (r maybe mui ident tes) af ts om espe he mpc of aprsches to qaitiverserch, ome common fess of quae estar aa be ientid. Qaltativ reserh is inendod ‘0 aponch the word “oat tte’ (ot speciaed research stings sch Taber) nd to understand describe ao Sometimes expla abil phecoe cu om th isd’ ina umber files aye ‘+ By antyaing expences of nda or rape. Experiences can bers {biographies or to eveyday cr profesional) paces: hey ‘mayb arene hy asirng everday owl acess ie ‘By amlying interacts sad cmmancatons int ming, The ca be lsc oo obring orcas pracces of tracing snd coamuniting ‘analyzing hs mati. +p soalying dosments (ext, inages, fm or mas) o sir waes of Comma sch apposite sek to upc ow peopl contit the weed round tem, what they redoing or whats happenin o thom nee tha af messing nd that ofc insight Interacts an documents ae soca 8 way of consti socl proces and atefcs calibrate (oe enfeiap)-All of hose appeaces pean ways of meaning, which an be reconsocted and amlyzed with dileen qaiave method at allow the reeerchero develop (moro generalize) model typologies, tee st ay of ering nd explaining ilo peychoopeal sues How do we conduct qualitative research? Cn we en conmon was of dong qaiatv researc if ea ino sot "hatte diferent hea eps and moll apres 6 ‘pire arch and the era ae sued avery ve wel? We Cam tet ety sce common fee of ow quae resnrch idne > naive mocreber re inte in ting expos, inert ‘sd documents in tec al cutext nina wy tht gives room he pr ‘eae of thes and th teal in which hey re ud, + bale research refine from seting up wel defined once of what ‘uid and fom formalaing Bypoteis fo the besanng inde ost hem, Rt, concep (or bypotess if they we we) ae develope ad rend in the proses of research + Qualuive research tars fom the dent metho nd teres bold We srropieo whats ste. te etn metas do ot to scone ius or they az pad ono autos raps ae develope + Researches themselves are an inporan par f te esearch presser in ‘ess of tr on personal prevence a resachers or inte of tir expe ten ofthe edd ude sy. + Qual eeu takes contest aod ates seriou for understanding an ise under sy A lt of ganave resected on one eso = ‘eres of eesti, an often the ca Gs istry and compleiy) i a impo context for understanding whats ei. + Ajo pu of quae reso ebsed on ext and wong rom eld totes aod uansrpto dexxptons and interpretations wd ally pe “nttion ofthe indings and ofthe rer a whole. Therefore, fate of ‘anslomingcompln social isons orather tri socio) lo tors soues of waning and wong in earl ~ ae mor oacems of ‘qualia esearch, + methods ae mppoe to eadoq what i under sty approche ‘efning aod ssesing the quality of qulisive reser (il) ave ob s- tte in speific wast a appopie for qualita reseuch and even foc speci approaches in universe, Scope of The SAGE Qualitative Research Kit + Designing Qualtarve Rserch (Uwe Fc) ves ie inocu ive resech fom the pat Of vew of ow t plan ad sen & nc ny ting give esearch in be way othe ob, ended‘cutie a ramen forthe eter book in The Sage Qaatative Research ity focusing cx how do poten and on hows eh robles n ‘research proces. Te book wil adie isos of constocting esac design in qualitative researc wll une tpping-sons fn aking & "search project week nd wil css patil probleme sch 3F remiss ‘in quae research tot abb mere metholopia ues like uly of ‘ultnveresech and abo chs. Tis rmework spelled xt a ee els in te oer backs ste Ki Thre books we devoted to ealecting or podicng data in golive resach, They take up the lus tiey ones in te et book sa spproch them in» mach mow dtd a ocued way for the specific method. Fist, Dang nerviewr (Sint Kee) anesthe there, ysemological eda and prc sos of nervewing pope sou spe li ites or the fe hier. Doing Edopraphe ond Obeervatonal Research (Michael Angosin) foetaes on te exon major epproach 1 collecting and producing quite dita Her gun practises ike lsting les methods of cobesing dain etoprapy, pel pobens of ‘nalyzing then) are discussed inthe contet of more gent tes (c, Tepesentions, guy and adootey of einngraphy ws an apres). Ia ong Focus Groups (Renae Bato) th thi ol th mot import ive methods of pofucing dais preseted. Hee sin we fd ong fees on ow-o- ses of sampling designing end anl2ingthe data nt ono opamp ‘Thee fut volumes st devote to analyzing specific pe of eave a Using Val Deseo Qualetve serch (Maris Beak) extend he ‘ocas othe third type of gave eta (yond verbal dats coming fn lncviews nd foc groped observant) The se of inl data as oc ony become majored in soil esearch in ener, bt onions researchers with oe paca! problems in wing then ed wslyzng thom tnd prodaces new ee iss. I Anatcing Qual Dat (Cra R ‘ite, several practical aproches and sus of making ene of any to quatuive dase ase Spi tention eit to paces of cong, of comparing ai of using computer sind qulitive dts cays Here, the fron verbal dita he intevews, fa rope or bogging Converaion, Discourse and Docent Anaya (Tim Rapley ext hs foots ifteret types of dat, elvan fr analyzing iors. Here the foots i on existing material (ke document) ten secning evel fenverstions aod on finding ace of cous, Pri is sich 43 enerting an archive, ansrbing ideo mers ano bow 0 aly i sous with sch ype of data ae seus ‘Managing the Qulty of Quatre Reearch (Uwe Flick) takes wp the ‘ss of quali in quaaive reser, which hasbeen bly sdesed ‘specie coteus i ter books in the Kin a more gene way, Her, ‘liye ke t fromthe age of ring oe eformaaing exiting or dei. ng new eters for qniaive reach Ths bok will examine he ongoing bats abut wha shal cou set "uly ad vay in quai tive metelops and wl examine the may sree fo promoting ad ‘managing galt inquatativeesench, Special ateto pd othe ta xy of wianglion in qultaveresewch and tthe we of quantiaive ‘esearch in th comext of promoting the quality of quite research, Before go 00 ostine te focus of shook snd itr Ki, woud ke to tank some people at SAGE who were importa in aking this Ki happen Michael Cache suggested hs poet to me some tine ago and wa ry Delp with he suggestone inte beginning. Pack Brae tock ove and ontoved thi spp as id Viner Harwoode sd ees Tahoe ia making oor ot of the mans we PoviedAbout this book Uwe Flick Analysing dnsume is caren one ofthe mor apeoshes in qualiative ‘mssth. Analysing conversations hus log ui tte sry of qalit- tive each, aha the we of dosent ad In thee approaches, dca lection i fen forosed on crating set of mer, by receding ally ‘scoring interaction, or ectng rls lon apps docueds fo ‘Bruel les fer exalts roses, the wna meth 9 dna co evo, wich pode the data especially fo be esearch roves asi te case {nimterviews ofris groups play 2 mip roi Here, rather be ways of raking avi and of mating up the exiting mati for eer purposes ‘haar decisive Thu, eps ie he wnsrpsion of ao or vieo material and the goers of an archive ae coe ses in th esearch Process and ot ust ‘sci or eve minor ses, es bem eevann his content ol a parca bt lo ern a. "Tisbonk adder hse ses fom the pas of view of dscouse analysis sad conversation analysis nding 0, it gies tops lie tans ie. ft and perp even moe syteatcreting than i heater books in The SAGE Quliative Reser Kix Nevers, ti complenesed by the obet ‘ots in he Kas wal a interveva and focus groupe tre pei suo of cooveraie, which can banyan as sch ad ool othe contents tate ‘omaunietd in thm. Therefore, th ook a he ne By Babar (207) 02 ‘ae poop and Kale (207) on interviews re cnet to each che "The re can be id or thu visual mater (Banks, 207, which an ‘wed for stfying dooues al. Te mot ene approach 0 dt tle iG 007 outer way of nding materia for scours on ‘ection ans in more eal especialy concen be we of computes abd ‘efter. Thr bok i above all devoted 1 a siagler apo i the context of The SAGE QuaatieResayeh Ki, bu atthe sae ine its wel embeded in "emote geal Sope af the Ki The mre spi onions boat ua td abot lining of ass area aon othe me gem sisson’ tout devanngqutav esearch (Fk, 207) ad magig th ay in "is pocss ck, 2007)Acknowledgements Asis book energs oat of rotine and bzae configurations of erations ‘vith people tet, objets ances an mores, Tam at qi si ho non ‘What thank To stent part of my emia T woud ef papas he ‘iin Sabu Mane: I would Uke to hank all dhe people who kaw me bo al those people Thave known in he past bts loge seal ase people "oo inter nal ese people wil never me ‘On ore sbstanve not ee 16 thank Use ich series ait Th you for your eve, coueoe and pate. Secondly nel a showe rie ‘on Frances Colgan, ho wet way beyond the Went of MSe tet an nt nly rads ea ofthe bok bt then ghey lata ie or r= ‘usd pling Fall. Ihe thnk a whol congregation of endegratate td pstgratate teats who ove the eas veh iste me iter ob tout qualia resech. Genel, tose teaching mamets have ight me 1a tet ofthe academy, «mative sting ovton bus to go to Drvid Siverman who ugh me whit it ight mean to thik snd wit as an academic ‘Waist a Goldens’ convertion wit Ben Gidley (often over aureus lag apyecino®) helped meto begin make seose of ny work a inet intrest Sine moving to Newel, Cat May has night me wba i might mean think and wit 5 a eure. A Newel coaveraons with Tigo ‘Morea tea ore clé oct) be encouraged me evi my week a interes. Doing my tine in London (and beyond, leans wih Joa Hindmarsh, Mora Kely, Geraltne Leydor, Anni Perit ad Cle Sele tne lo fee aaa Is Neves, working with ax well x ving fn it) ‘Ben Heaven, Nel Jenkngs and Madeline Martagh ba suo Relped me develop sy wo 'S for fe beyond te academy, ngsing conversations with Pete Robeson ‘Tom Roland hve vay sharpened my dankng and fen shown eHow lide Too. Tako have to tank Adam, Antes, Cari, Cie, Dara, Kite, Lau, Liz, Graham, Mat, Mist, Rachel, Rob Sua, Set, Seve a ‘al forliening 19 me amb on boi my ware, EC Rai ba bee on ster taki omy tinking (a8 wel a casing et sna. ta aonetnowedenent ratios tae owed) and he sounduack for ping tls book bas aso been ‘pti ty the kes of Donato Wharo, Fou Tet Nick Dake and Tom McRae, Tate ave to tank the cole growers, cof beans, choclate se, peo ‘aaker espero th st tense for supplying ie witha excellent Twekiop in which to conse varios aries an books, Finally for enlesly denoasating ov, pyr and respect (nd obviously ‘eof pane) an fo iodine to what ph mea oink and wt vith tao, inl nd wind, vet thank ny pests, Die ad Tony ‘Reply Ths took sdf other ad Cam sre they ae a married fm when th bay whe hated wring ended p doing hi fo), 1 Studying discourse Some intockctory ought 1 Some hugs on ong 3 Some ugh on what o.come. 3 Cchopler objectives ‘Mir eadng tis chapter, you should + know some of the assumptions and ideas Cental o the study of ‘devout, ond + Be ortenfed about the general outtne and the purpose of he ‘Tse ueaiag wok os conventions, cour and documents re fas red langage, writen ron, am ot set sre wht we interested indicus ave ae sted yet—lke he nee, ey al he eas of man (and on bums) conc have been investigated. These ae cule pees of Wonk ht cs on racist and madness these days ant Pee! from he oe of ub hula alk betwee eds to poerament elton 90 rote food. The range of Sores of ptt mates to arly i ually ‘mse: oficial documents pil debate athe yp of ea et us, casual conventions, ta im werplces intervin, foe ou ethog ‘py, Ire hat roms, and on. Tis bok ans exper how Jou ean ‘ever angugein-se, aims toute a dtl the very pastes int you might fice andthe very pact solatoas ou can employ ‘Some introductory thoughts "Te tem ‘scours analyst ifn et dee the ye of wrk you wl seein this took, Unforuately fo you, ta term bas many messing. Somepropltke ht o meas Fecasing on bow some pic discouses, 4 ais? ‘dace. re wed ners a rnge of ivi taste of sevayaper edi, Otbers ay tke to mena fearing 6 how specie ‘werd, ke the evince uggs’ rbot ae nan ape of anveraton ora single reac esc ale to age epcifecae [respective of he apres forbes naling core the pry eres in ow langage reed certain contents, Al he cote en vange Bo 8 ‘ecfe moment in convertion oa pete hist period ‘na gros evel, pope sing eicourse see langage as pefomatv and fancion legucge never feted ax ant tenaporn mean of Come munication, Ba aber a interact, let ie you ‘lai ex De Two repress se a man being sbt. The nex dy exe bealise sais "Freedom fighter kills pic” an the oer vine rene "Teo ils icin’ Some ofthe questions you coud ak are 4+ Wie nee ve? 1 Whic one comer? 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Tama dtr ‘ts borne 10 August 17, ve boon 9 Ata 1973 ‘Lex ae thesnpls of tes conratingstoment abot me the oldyoung otoony. Well some moments, with some poole I gt een fo as “youn Foc example, mgt some ate sens anon of thn etered the om nts snd erly refed to below ta someone my age cold be Be Teacer She se, Was ast 00 young. Andi oar imagine ther ‘moments when Tam cased as ‘ol. Amn 0 ldo go clibbing? For ee {esing of eng oo olds masvely dependent on ih facts asthe ather lab ‘un spt So such eeprzatos canbe dependent on sch content foe ‘the age ofthe other peopl, the specifi cote! asia rorme we thnk abut he secotd paion the sts Two a medi Soo, am rwinsly rend of my Ti and inperanen Suns ecto A a {out moment ave bens, “What nd of doctor re ou” When Fexpin Thave «PAD some people, not often el racine, ave ben town a reply So youre nota el doer the eh, s0 u're PAD’ My motors ‘oomnented wit joking tht "ou may be eo bat yout ot asf fn Al when eying to een dil pater foreach get ase ‘0 hm I ays ll te recep hat am “Doct Tm Raley” a oom fom experience tht phn Tim Reply’ wil only get message ken wheres ‘headed desir wil fen get me put del ough them. S0 owt coos to dene mel and bow oes deeribe me, ca and oes, Have fice. inal he vo refrac tomy dt of bith feo dileretdocaments tha posses, One som my ith een, which offers one ofthe dats ‘ecely covered th ote dae when snw copy of ny ith ear ht wat Completed y the mite wha ove my dav. AST am oped Tat m0 ‘wry of knowing whieh di ea However, the den ey bith eae ‘rinsed 0 varios insttions nd inion ators ae hinge at ‘atts of my asp ax ors, insrnce pices an 0 only ane ofthe documents, oly oe of he dat, eleva However tems fy far Sood! nate, my Sdsanty as an “adopes, och decument ae rlevat Decumens poo specif ats ad the relies they produce ve eles ‘So en and do dtee mypalf in mite of way andar ana do seit me in ile ways Tam 2 So, 2 sumopte fae, an ade, = reser an employee, star ese, opt Soo. The pi focus on which despin, rt pot it more chica which idea, me ‘enti extegry ors poston mong ems the "work it dow, how dt ad to apie ona nd conc ode ate Some thoughts on origins ‘Thar 0 spe ceaton story shout he i nd developmen of he study of lscouse. Rath tan Se i single, nity, soar to te stad oflangugei-e, we could se Ia eld of ese, n collection of agvely relate pastes wd ete teres for anly2ing lk and tex, wich emerge From a diverse range f sures Is fen seen 0 emer in pt othe ‘ie of social enero ivi Bure (1995) offers fse des that oe ‘sonsmtoniss fs wade with Acs anc towards ier fr granted know and undestandig. ‘Tat our knwige of the words bot istry aod extra speci ‘That his knowledge sree, ssl sd enewed by seal prneses, ‘That our knowledge nd nets ate tiated ad eles Puts, our understanding of hag, once en that we might ake for raed ike “sexi ‘mades' or ast i aa somehow marrlo pre hon but ater th prodac of aman ations and irc, ban iy, Seiya cule, For expe, wy shold cheare responses be some ‘hing tha ted to specie visions of oct mow often wont? I bng 4 pera sto aces, sil sources hat we soatow jt ante some ‘vsions of scty ad ir toapoat he lobe es cull and i= ‘esl speci? Ie bei pret soto ony prod of geet, logy or blood or iit st of il Knowledges an acon tht re acs tat We so paetng? Ts er knowledge of ing apse someting tha ll people ost now oi this nowlede lees nd gener in nd ough our races ‘So soil cwstuconsn aks quo stow ctenting we mish tke for panes our estes, pacts, nowledge el undetnting. Sock cs Son do not neces havea ead in debts shat whats‘ ad wht ‘boot al Ar Rove ales, ‘The eles tha ae fabs ot of words ex, doves, ecaiques, rcs subject, objets and ene se 0 Is el because they ae conser fo What ee could ey be” (1998, p68) ‘fess a decon of reac, on in which We tke Seoul how peatiag (ex gener sexual, nic, fact, than 000) prods aad egoie, ‘the paca sce, owed and con hat eng ine pr foe ay ves and ke seul he itor zoea and eal spec fe owes ad actos. "Te tay of decane a soon ntaced by cher eed tes see conc ran such soure sings, nil pycoloy esos, lcconeuloy posstmctsalim, ostomy, pragma nd wre ich {Anti Focal, Goa, ark, Sucks, Sch snd Witgesein (o same bata fe). You alo have n onfsing aay of contemporary esc aon ‘ha focus nt ome pay, th analy of langage n-ne intl andlor ets (his lanes eeucers dering: | | stusyng coum Astor newer try Conion sais (wich een y some a ‘cht of homeholgy) "Ethsogzply of eammuncan tn come ato) (fen connect wo inguis) Dioeunivepseology (which edo be refered na ncotse sn’) Fuca seach (sich so wed eee "cae ss) Teterconal slings Mesieshipcaegorzionaaysis (which i eed to both oaverston ttalys and cineerthdlogy) ‘+ Sosicogy af slate nowldge (which sometimes fered na since tel tetnoogy stesso sts of sles and techacley) ack ution sit own sumption stot wh nits a "sppopit dato “mates do his type of work witha jt how ti pe of werk so b= oo. Als each adit esis own eninlop. or exam, same people ae about ‘discourses whereas oes refer 10 ‘nerve repeae' sily ‘oneal abot ‘enter ots nbc postin’ her ‘tego v8 ‘membership eager’ However you cooeive of ts ois, the bes ay to ets sense of ander nding wba the my of eicorse i abou is to go stead oe eps ‘roe And nforuntly, here ae 0 har soe-fut les or tod th ae fasy wars eo someting ut ma ook ke se of ar oft les ce metod' One wer dseubes Soh wok aa raft il, more ike ike i ing or sexing «chicken han following & ecg for «mild cicken roan jak" (Pon, 1997, 9p 17-8). ‘Some thoughts on what is to come “Tis bok ie deine to offer you ase he craft lof calling ad othe with dscoune fom range of contexts ans ange ofpeepcties. The ‘exter dcuses bow to generat our esearch archive the "dts at ‘yon wl ind yousl wertng wih on day ody as. ote yu abi oe ofthe masve range of esercable aati hat ae poe aval 0 You Lao provide some examples of how I and oer earch fn, ca ected and aalaed vious matels. Chapter 3 thn shit 2 dean of| ‘ties nd comely. Toute some getral pails you sould amie ‘well as ome more dene seine tht my ep you nk abou our se ‘ise serch project. Thinking sboat he hil iplctons of our research over jst hieaucrae or egunetna euemen or bree i sen‘ang conveuaton, Saou and document nat ‘hat anyone who wanes to condi esearch has reper hse peopl they ae scaring a Gemonstates thi with hi action thonehow the eof te project ‘The oes wo chapter focus onthe geen sa anscripton of uo and ideo recrtinge- Carper otis te pes fearing devise ht rca realy valle thn goes 00 dca howto ers poricpas, genete ‘esearch questions and eo fll exauten Each ofthese ae sai ‘odin lation o bth s-il esetche- poe da foes group or ‘nueviewtnsed reser ~ and so-called ata oecuing dt’ ~ alo ot ‘cbse ethogrptis facto and interaction, Chute 9 hen ones di ferent as tht oo can tune te ecrding that you pera. some ‘trl hat T hive collected ~ a receding of people preparing 2 meal ~ 10 ‘tenons oe of eden way tht 00 om ansehen eed Tn Cope 6, then focus how yu can td ak nd conversions. show ove pope mil from the esearch das of convention aay and i ‘nite phology, work wih abtpes nd idee fal ad ietetion, “Troagh 3 discuson of rnge of rasceps fale tine some of the key fess of tk tht people oes freon when analysing convertion. The ‘ext cher sf oexplrng how docs tet sre reseed ken fo a varia content It fries on ow dome, ad eh“ ‘man ngs (ike pes or computer) oor nd prodice people's stone sad ineractoos. Throgh te ese sais, I extend the por chapters dis sien oa bow to sy tak, nd eline ow dete anaes of moments of eak an say smeing abut he ‘i’ stctrs and status ose ie ‘Capt 8 oulies sme ofthe lemmas tha you cn aoe we You study convertion nd dscourse. oli th deter sa oe pics hw best ‘o understand and wok with ivi o ous poup dts what ou le in ‘aking cai abot wht i going on in Your das: and what cans detaed Analyse of elk say abut tings Ie “power. Chapter 9 tee fies on he ‘als of tox ot 'docaments™ Troup ange of examples a cae ies, Tote you some potential ways wo engage wits diferent vase f tts. The ‘hope egins with an ramp ofa etal alia couple foes fom = ‘sevspapr dating sdvertsement nd ends with a dcason of come domes ranging ove ity-yex prod. 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