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Researching the visual : images, objects, contexts and interactions in social and cultural inquiry /

Emmison, Michael, 1948-

Researching the visual : images, objects, contexts and interactions in social and cultural inquiry / - London : SAGE, 2000, (2007). - xiii, 242 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Introducing qualitative methods . - Introducing qualitative methods. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-238) and index.

1. Introduction: putting visual data into focus -- 2. Current trends in visual research: a conceptual review -- 3. Two-dimensional visual data: images, signs and representations -- 4. Three-dimensional visual data: settings, objects and traces -- 5. Lived visual data: the built environment and its uses -- 6. Living forms of visual data: bodies, identities and interaction.

As well as dealing with the traditional themes of visual research, such as the cultural interpretation of advertisements, this book argues that visual research should embrace analysis of everyday objects, places and forms of social interaction.

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Visual sociology--Research.

300.72 / EMM