Martin W. Bauer

Bio: Martin W. Bauer is an academic researcher from London School of Economics and Political Science. The author has contributed to research in topics: Public awareness of science & Science communication. The author has an hindex of 42, co-authored 142 publications receiving 10715 citations.

Qualitative researching with text, image and sound: a practical handbook for social research

Abstract: Quality, Quantity and Knowledge Interests - Martin W Bauer, George Gaskell and N C Allum Avoiding Confusions PART ONE: CONSTRUCTING A RESEARCH CORPUS Corpus Construction - Martin W Bauer and Bas Aarts A Principle for Qualitative Data Collection Individual and Group Interviewing - George Gaskell Narrative Interviewing - Sandra Jovchelovitch and Martin W Bauer Episodic Interviewing - Uwe Flick Video, Film and Photographs as Research Documents - Peter Loizos Betemology - G Fassnacht Towards Continous (Self) Observation and Personality Assessment PART TWO: ANALYTIC APPROACHES FOR TEXT, IMAGE AND SOUND Classical Content Analysis - Martin W Bauer A Review Argumentation Analysis - M Liakopoulos Discourse Analysis - Rosalind Gill Analysis of Conversation and Talk - Greg Myers Rhetorical Analysis - Joan Leach Semiotic Analysis of Still Images - Gemma Penn Analysis of Moving Images - Diana Rose Analyzing Noise and Music as Social Data - Martin W Bauer PART THREE: COMPUTER ASSISTANCE Computer-Assisted Analysis - Udo Kelle Coding and Indexing Keyword-in-Context - Nicole Kronberger and Wolfgang Wagner Statistical Analysis of Text Features PART FOUR: ISSUES OF GOOD PRACTICE Fallacies in Interpretating Historical and Social Data - Robert W D Boyce Towards Public Accountability - George Gaskell and Martin W Bauer Beyond Sampling, Reliability and Validity

Pesquisa qualitativa com texto, imagem e som: um manual prático

Abstract: Um manual pratico que da uma introducao completa e acessivel a uma vasta gama de metodos de pesquisa com o objetivo de esclarecer procedimentos, boa pratica e responsabilidade publica. Um referencial claro, coerente, seguro, abrangente e amadurecido para quem trabalha com metodos qualitativos.

What can we learn from 25 years of PUS survey research? Liberating and expanding the agenda

Abstract: This paper reviews key issues of public understanding of science (PUS) research over the last quarter of a century. We show how the discussion has moved in relation to large-scale surveys of public perceptions by tracing developments through three paradigms: science literacy, public understanding of science and science and society. Naming matters here like elsewhere as a marker of "tribal identity." Each paradigm frames the problem differently, poses characteristic questions, offers preferred solutions, and displays a rhetoric of "progress" over the previous one. We argue that the polemic over the "deficit concept" voiced a valid critique of a common sense concept among experts, but confused the issue with methodological protocol. PUS research has been hampered by this "essentialist" association between the survey research protocol and the public deficit model. We argue that this fallacious link should be severed to liberate and to expand the research agenda in four directions: contextualizing survey research, searching for cultural indicators, integrating datasets and doing longitudinal analysis, and including other data streams. Under different presumptions, assumed and granted, we anticipate a fertile period for survey research on public understanding of science. © SAGE Publications.

Worlds Apart? The Reception of Genetically Modified Foods in Europe and the U.S.

Abstract: Recent controversies about genetically modified foods in the United Kingdom and several other European countries highlight the apparent differences that exist in public opinion on this subject across the Atlantic. Why are people in the United States seemingly untroubled by a technology that causes Europeans so many difficulties? The results of survey research on public perceptions of biotechnology in Europe and the United States during 1996-1997, together with an analysis of press coverage and policy formation from 1984 to 1996, can help to answer this question.

Remembering. A Study in Experimental and Social Psychology, Cambridge (University Press) 1964.

Abstract: Part I. Experimental Studies: 2. Experiment in psychology 3. Experiments on perceiving III Experiments on imaging 4-8. Experiments on remembering: (a) The method of description (b) The method of repeated reproduction (c) The method of picture writing (d) The method of serial reproduction (e) The method of serial reproduction picture material 9. Perceiving, recognizing, remembering 10. A theory of remembering 11. Images and their functions 12. Meaning Part II. Remembering as a Study in Social Psychology: 13. Social psychology 14. Social psychology and the matter of recall 15. Social psychology and the manner of recall 16. Conventionalism 17. The notion of a collective unconscious 18. The basis of social recall 19. A summary and some conclusions.

‘Unsatisfactory Saturation’: a critical exploration of the notion of saturated sample sizes in qualitative research:

Abstract: Measuring quality in qualitative research is a contentious issue with diverse opinions and various frameworks available within the evidence base. One important and somewhat neglected argument within this field relates to the increasingly ubiquitous discourse of data saturation. While originally developed within grounded theory, theoretical saturation, and later termed data/thematic saturation for other qualitative methods, the meaning has evolved and become transformed. Problematically this temporal drift has been treated as unproblematic and saturation as a marker for sampling adequacy is becoming increasingly accepted and expected. In this article we challenge the unquestioned acceptance of the concept of saturation and consider its plausibility and transferability across all qualitative approaches. By considering issues of transparency and epistemology we argue that adopting saturation as a generic quality marker is inappropriate. The aim of this article is to highlight the pertinent issues and encoura...

Misinformation and Its Correction: Continued Influence and Successful Debiasing

Abstract: The widespread prevalence and persistence of misinformation in contemporary societies, such as the false belief that there is a link between childhood vaccinations and autism, is a matter of public concern. For example, the myths surrounding vaccinations, which prompted some parents to withhold immunization from their children, have led to a marked increase in vaccine-preventable disease, as well as unnecessary public expenditure on research and public-information campaigns aimed at rectifying the situation.We first examine the mechanisms by which such misinformation is disseminated in society, both inadvertently and purposely. Misinformation can originate from rumors but also from works of fiction, governments and politicians, and vested interests. Moreover, changes in the media landscape, including the arrival of the Internet, have fundamentally influenced the ways in which information is communicated and misinformation is spread.We next move to misinformation at the level of the individual, and review ...