Research Methods for Cultural Studies

Professor Michael Pickering teaches in the Social Sciences at Loughborough University. His most recent books include Researching Communications (2007); Blackface Minstrelsy in Britain (2008); Research Methods for Cultural Studies (2008); Popular Culture, a four-volume edited collection (2010). Rhythms of Labour: The History of Music at Work in Britain, co-written with Marek Korczynski and Emma Robertson, will appear in May 2013, published by Cambridge University Press.

• Introduction - Michael PickeringSECTION ONE: LIVES AND LIVED EXPERIENCE1. Experience and the Social World - Michael Pickering2. Stories and the Social World - Steph LawlerSECTION TWO: PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION3. Investigating Cultural Producers - Aeron Davis4. Investigating Cultural Consumers - Anneke Meyer SECTION THREE: QUANTITY AND QUALITY5. Why Counting Counts - David Deacon6. Why Observing Matters - Virginia NightingaleSECTION FOUR: TEXTS AND PICTURES7. Analysing Visual Experience - Sarah Pink8. Analysing Discourse - Martin Barker SECTION FIVE: LINKING WITH THE PAST9. Engaging with Memory - Emily Keigthley10. Engaging with History - Michael Pickering

Providing readers with a clear, concise overview of the qualitative and quantitative approaches to research methods in cultural studies, This book will be useful for undergraduate students of all aspects of cultural study from anthropology to media studies.