Titel: | Participating With Pictures : Promises and Challenges of Using Images as a Technique in Technical Communication Research; Promises and Challenges of Using Images as a Technique in Technical Communication Research |
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In: | Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 47, 2017, 1, S. 86-108 |
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SAGE Publications
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Medientyp: | Artikel, E-Artikel |
Umfang: | 86-108 |
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ISSN: |
1541-3780
0047-2816 |
DOI: | 10.1177/0047281616641930 |
veröffentlicht in: | Journal of Technical Writing and Communication |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Kollektion: | SAGE Publications (CrossRef) |
<jats:p> Image-based research conducted on and by research participants holds promise to extend participatory studies in technical communication by delivering research techniques that have been used for Policy Research in Public Health and other areas of participatory research (e.g., community-based participatory research). Even though they can expand policy (or even user design work), the use of participants’ images is not without challenges. The article discusses those challenges and suggests practices that stabilize the research logistically, relationally, and thematically; it also presents the approach as attractive for use in arenas that reward scrutiny even though they have traditionally been difficult to study. </jats:p> |