Researching Interpersonal Relationships - Manning, Jimmie

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Résumé :
Researching Interpersonal Relationships: Qualitative Methods, Studies, and Analysis, by Jimmie Manning and Adrianne Kunkel, explores and demonstrates methodological tools and theories used to guide relationships research, especially studies of interpersonal communication. Featuring chapters illustrated by research studies conducted by leading communication scholars, this book introduces both classic and cutting-edge methodological approaches to qualitative inquiry and analysis. Each chapter highlights a particular method, context, and analytical tool. Through the methodological and analytical overviews, illustrative research studies, and post-study interviews with the researchers, readers can better understand how qualitative research approaches can expand and solidify understandings of personal relationships.

Biographie:
Jimmie Manning (PhD, University of Kansas) is an associate professor of communication at Northern Illinois University. His research program focuses on meaning-making in relationships and has been supported by a number of funding agencies including the National Science Foundation and Learn & Serve America. He has generated over 50 publications including the co-edited Case Studies of Communication About Sex and journal articles in outlets such as Communication Monographs and Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. That research has won numerous awards, including the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality Early Professional Leadership Award and ten different top-paper designations from professional academic organizations. He teaches classes exploring relational communication, qualitative research methods, social media, communication theory, and cultural studies, and has received the National Communication Association Outstanding Mentor in Master?s Education Award and the Central States Communication Association?s Outstanding New Teacher Award, among other teaching honors. He currently edits the journal Sexuality & Communication.

Sommaire:
Preface
Introduction: Embracing a Full Spectrum of Interpersonal Communication Research
1. Understanding Personal Relationships through an Interpretivist-Oriented Lens
2. Method and Analysis in Qualitative Relationships Research
3. Interviews, Emotion Coding, and a Family Communication Study
4. Focus Groups, Values Coding, and a Romantic Relationships Study
5. Open-Ended Surveys, Taxonomic Coding, and a Friendship Study
6. Ethnography, Dramaturgical Coding, and a Sexuality Study
7. Discourse Analysis, Thematic Analysis, and a Study of Computer-Mediated Communication
8. Narrative Inquiry, Crystallization, and a Study of Workplace Relationships
9. Writing and Presenting Qualitative Interpersonal Communication Studies
References
Index