From research preparations to post-research debriefing, this book covers every stage of the social research process, outlining how to undertake fieldwork as safely as possible.

Working with social media data requires a specific set of knowledge and skills which this Little Quick Fix provides!

Sociologies in Dialogue brings together expert contributions from international scholars, who reflect on the importance of collaboration between diverse sociological perspectives to enhance our understanding of the role of sociology as an academic discipline, and as a vehicle for social change.

An unrivalled exploration of what visual ethnography is and what it should be, this book maintains a fine balance between theory and practice. The author provides up-to-date digital and technological topics in this 4th edition; offering clear, relevant guidance on the approaches that contemporary students want to understand and the tools they want to use.

This book discusses the conceptual foundation of statistical methods and specifies what questions they can, or cannot, answer when we study social phenomena. It also helps students understand the logic of statistical methods and the appropriate ways of using them.

An impassioned and controversial new book from two leading sociologists in the field of social exclusion. They argue that social exclusion is not simply seen in ghettos or sink estates, but also in exclusive gated housing developments, the vacuous non-places of the shopping mall, the deadening reality of low-level service work, and in the depressing uniformity of our political parties.

Explaining how the Web is a socially constructed phenomenon, this timely text provides readers with a complete theoretical and practical guide to Web Social Science

A major new contribution to the field of qualitative data analysis, this book sets out the theory and practice of dialogical approaches.

A fresh, timely book from a rising star - this is an excellent resource for students and researchers of everyday life, activism and sustainability across the social sciences. It provides a useful theoretical and methodological framework for understanding everyday practices, and uses real world case-studies to bring it to life.

An exciting new introduction to digital social research tools and methods, this book helps readers to manage the huge amounts of data available, and feel confident if they are attempting this sort of research for the first time.