Researching society and culture

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In this fully revised and expanded edition of the best-selling Researching Society and Culture, the acknowledged strengths of the first edition have been retained while a range of additional features have been included:- New chapters on audio recordings, the Internet, visual materials, focus groups, grounded theory, combining qualitative and quantitative methods, using data archives for statistical analysis, doing a dissertation, ethics, doing a literature review and more- A section on case studies- Comprehensive bullet points and text boxes to facilitate study- A glossary of key terms- Web pointers in most chapters, to indicate relevant Internet resources- An associated web site with regularly updated live links to pointers, workshop and discussion exercises- Guides to further reading- A list of key concepts at the end of each chapter