The book has no competitor; it summarises the development of the
method, follows through all stages of research from accessing
subjects through design to analysing diary information as data, and
considers how the method can best be exploited and used. No other
book comes remotely near doing this. I for one shall be using it
gratefully as the single best text for diary research' - "Professor
Anthony P Macmillan Coxon, Honorary Professorial Fellow, University
of Edinburgh
"
In this accessible and lucid introductory text, Andy Alaszewski
considers the analysis of diaries as a distinctive research
technique in its own right. Nothing has previously covered this
area in single-volume format, but the timely emergence of Using
Diaries for Social Research recognizes the increased interest in
and relevance of diary methodology within social research
teaching.
Effectively combining theory, history and methodology,
Alaszewski begins by discussing how diary keeping has developed;
outlining the key features of the medium and examining the ways in
which diaries have been and can be used for social research. He
describes how suitable diaries and diarists can be identified by
the researcher and, once found, how these diaries can be structured
to generate research material. Finally, the researcher is taken
through the analysis stage; examining statistical techniques,
content-analysis and structure-analysis as effective methods of
investigating diary texts.
This introductory student guide is an essential text for anyone
involved in the area of social or historical research and for those
working in the narrative tradition.
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