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Analyzing Group Interactions gives a comprehensive overview of the use of different methods for the analysis of group interactions. International experts from a range of different disciplines within the social sciences illustrate their step-by-step procedures of how they analyze interactions within groups and explain what kind of data and skills are needed to get started.
Each method is discussed in the same, structured manner, focusing on each method's strengths and weaknesses, its applicability and requirements, and the precise workflow to "follow along" when analyzing group interactions with the respective method. The analyzing strategies covered in this book include ethnographical approaches, phenomenology, content analysis, documentary method, discourse analysis, grounded theory, social network analysis, quantitative ratings, and several triangulative and mixed-method research designs.
This volume is recommended for researchers at all levels that need guidance with the complex task of analyzing group interactions. The unified structure throughout the book facilitates comparison across the different methods and helps with deciding on the approach to be taken.
List of contents
Chapter 1. Analyzing Group Interactions
Matthias Huber and Dominik E. FroehlichPart I: Qualitative Analysis of Group Interactions
Chapter 2. Ethnographic Microanalysis
Matthias HerrleChapter 3. Pedagogical-phenomenological Video Analysis
Severin Sales RödelChapter 4. Video-based Content Analysis
Matthias HuberChapter 5. Documentary Method
Julia Reischl and Thomas PlotzChapter 6. Discourse Analysis
Michael BrandmayrChapter 7. Grounded Theory
Andrea SchaffarPart II: Mixed and Quantitative Analysis of Group Interactions
Chapter 8. Cross-sectional Social Network Analysis
Mathias MejehChapter 9. The Combination of Critical Discourse Analysis and Social Network Analysis
Suna RyuChapter 10. Co-evolution Models of Longitudinally Measured Interactions
Jasperina Brouwer and Dominik E. FroehlichChapter 11. Mixed Structural Group Interaction Analysis
Dominik E. Froehlich and Femke van der WiltChapter 12. Rating Conference
Tina Hascher, Anja Winkler, and Noemi CasolaChapter 13. Participate Mixed Methods Evaluation
Claude MullerPart III: Special Applications and Topics in Analyzing Group Interactions
Chapter 14. Photovoice
Hannelore ReicherChapter 15. Ethnomethodological Reconstruction
May JehleChapter 16. Dialogical Ethnography
Martina CabraChapter 17. Combining the Documentary Method and the Narrative-structural Method
Alexander SchmoelzChapter 18. Tavistock Observation
Kathrin TrunkenpolzChapter 19. Mutual Affordances of Data Types and Analytical Approaches
Man Ching Esther Chan and David ClarkeList of Contributors
About the author
Matthias Huber is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Teacher Education and at the Department of Education at the University of Vienna. His research focuses on education and emotion, educational trajectories, school development, teacher education, and mixed methods.
Dominik E. Froehlich is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Teaching Education and the Department of Education at the University of Vienna. His research focuses on mixed methods, social network analysis, and learning in the workplace.
Summary
This book provides a practical overview of different methods applicable to analyzing group interactions. The book will feature a variety of current methodological approaches, both qualitative and quantitative, which examine the dynamic and reciprocal nature of communication and behavior in social groups.
