Assessing the "quality" in qualitative research: the case of text-audience relations

Barker, Martin (2003) Assessing the "quality" in qualitative research: the case of text-audience relations. European Journal of Communication, 18 (3). pp. 315-35.

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Abstract

A number of recent works on methodology for media and communication studies have sought to embrace the contributions from cultural studies qualitative investigations, in particular for their contribution to our understanding of media texts. But a problem is emerging from this. While their discussions reference the characteristic measures of validity for quantitative research, no equivalent measures of the strength of qualitative researches have yet emerged. This article draws on David Silverman's work to formulate a number of proposals to remedy this gap. These are tested against four recent investigations of one phenomenon: women as viewers of violent/horror films.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Film and Television Studies (former - to 2012)
Depositing User:	Katherine Humphries
Date Deposited:	27 Jun 2012 12:27
Last Modified:	08 Aug 2023 13:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/38998
DOI:	10.1177/02673231030183002

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