Analyzing Text and Discourse

Nine Approaches for the Social Sciences
Second Edition
Anders Björkvall - Örebro University, Sweden
Kristina Boreus - Uppsala University, Sweden
Per-Anders Svärd - Örebro University, Sweden
Analyzing Text and Discourse
March 2024 | 288 pages | Sage UK
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Description

Choose the right methodological tools to answer your research question and know how to use them with this anthology of textual analysis approaches. 

Each chapter provides not only relevant theoretical background behind each methodology, but also its advantages and challenges, its potential applications, and its relationship to studying social phenomenon. Through step-by-step worked examples of real-world data, you get an in-depth window into each method in action and learn how to apply the same techniques successfully and confidently in your own research. 

Methods include: 
Content analysis 
Narrative analysis 
Critical discourse studies 
Multimodal discourse analysis 
 

Contents

Chapter 1: Analysing Text and Discourse in the Social Sciences

Chapter 1: Analysing Text and Discourse in the Social Sciences

Chapter 2: Content Analysis

Chapter 2: Content Analysis

Chapter 3: Analysis of Ideas and Ideological Thought

Chapter 3: Analysis of Ideas and Ideological Thought

Chapter 4: Conceptual History

Chapter 4: Conceptual History

Chapter 5: Narrative Analysis

Chapter 5: Narrative Analysis

Chapter 6: Three Poststructural Approaches to Discourse Analysis

Chapter 6: Three Poststructural Approaches to Discourse Analysis

Chapter 7: Critical Discourse Studies

Chapter 7: Critical Discourse Studies

Chapter 8: Multimodal Discourse Analysis

Chapter 8: Multimodal Discourse Analysis

Description

Choose the right methodological tools to answer your research question and know how to use them with this anthology of textual analysis approaches. 

Each chapter provides not only relevant theoretical background behind each methodology, but also its advantages and challenges, its potential applications, and its relationship to studying social phenomenon. Through step-by-step worked examples of real-world data, you get an in-depth window into each method in action and learn how to apply the same techniques successfully and confidently in your own research. 

Methods include: 
Content analysis 
Narrative analysis 
Critical discourse studies 
Multimodal discourse analysis 
 

Contents

Chapter 1: Analysing Text and Discourse in the Social Sciences

Chapter 1: Analysing Text and Discourse in the Social Sciences

Chapter 2: Content Analysis

Chapter 2: Content Analysis

Chapter 3: Analysis of Ideas and Ideological Thought

Chapter 3: Analysis of Ideas and Ideological Thought

Chapter 4: Conceptual History

Chapter 4: Conceptual History

Chapter 5: Narrative Analysis

Chapter 5: Narrative Analysis

Chapter 6: Three Poststructural Approaches to Discourse Analysis

Chapter 6: Three Poststructural Approaches to Discourse Analysis

Chapter 7: Critical Discourse Studies

Chapter 7: Critical Discourse Studies

Chapter 8: Multimodal Discourse Analysis

Chapter 8: Multimodal Discourse Analysis

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Analyzing Text and Discourse

Nine Approaches for the Social Sciences


March 2024 | 288 pages | Sage UK

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Choose the right methodological tools to answer your research question and know how to use them with this anthology of textual analysis approaches. 

Each chapter provides not only relevant theoretical background behind each methodology, but also its advantages and challenges, its potential applications, and its relationship to studying social phenomenon. Through step-by-step worked examples of real-world data, you get an in-depth window into each method in action and learn how to apply the same techniques successfully and confidently in your own research. 

Methods include: 
Content analysis 
Narrative analysis 
Critical discourse studies 
Multimodal discourse analysis 
 

Table Of Contents:

  • Chapter 1: Analysing Text and Discourse in the Social Sciences
  • Chapter 2: Content Analysis
  • Chapter 3: Analysis of Ideas and Ideological Thought
  • Chapter 4: Conceptual History
  • Chapter 5: Narrative Analysis
  • Chapter 6: Three Poststructural Approaches to Discourse Analysis
  • Chapter 7: Critical Discourse Studies
  • Chapter 8: Multimodal Discourse Analysis

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