Doing Discourse Research

Reiner Keller (Dr. Phil) is Professor of Sociology at Augsburg University (Germany) since 2011. He was a member of the executive board of the German sociological association from 2015 to 2019 and chaired its sociology of knowledge section from 2011 to 2016. Currently, he is a codirector of the Jakob Fugger Center for Transnational Studies at Augsburg university and coeditor of the Journal for Discourse Research. His research centres on sociology of knowledge and culture, discourse studies, sociological theory, qualitative methods, risk and environment, and French sociology. He has published extensively in these areas. Keller received the German sociological association′s best textbook in sociology award in 2013–2014 for "The Interpretive Paradigm." Further books include monographies on waste policy discourses in France and Germany, the sociology of knowledge approach to discourse, Michel Foucault. See http://www.uni-augsburg.de/keller and http://kellersskad.blogspot.de

• The Current Relevance of Discourse ResearchPreambleCollective Orders of Knowledge and DiscoursesApproaches in Discourse ResearchThe History of the Term ′Discourse′Discourse AnalysisDiscourse Linguistics and (Corpus-based)Critical Discourse Analysis and Kritische DiskursanalyseCulturalist Discourse ResearchDiscourse TheoriesSociology of Knowledge Approach to DiscourseFurther Disciplinary DevelopmentsSummaryThe Research ProcessConceptsQuestionsGeneral FoundationsDoing Discourse ResearchGetting StartedThe Exploration of the Field of InvestigationSelection of DataOther Data Formats and MethodsThe Detailed Analysis of DataThe Situational and Material Nature of a StatementFormal and Linguistic-Rhetorical StructureThe Interpretative Analytics of ContentsFrom Detailed Analysis to Overall ResultsFrom Utterances via Statements to Discourse and BeyondInterpretation and Presentation of ResultsConcluding Remarks

Keller′s book is a very complete introduction to discourse theory and discourse analysis for social science postgraduates. After reading it, you are able to say: "with my research questions in mind, thís is the right discourse theory for me, and thís is the right approach to collect and analyse my data." It is rare to come across such a useful textbook, given the enormous variety of approaches to discourse research.Sarah ScheepersK.U. Leuven This book on doing discourse research is fascinating and important. It brings the doing of research into a new realm through the use of a comprehensive investigative framework that lends itself to educational studies at a time when the widespread use of technology has pushed discourse into new forms of analysis.Linda M. PhillipsUniversity of Alberta