Visual sociology reframed: An analytical synthesis and discussion of visual methods in social and cultural research

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 545-581

  Pauwels, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Integrated Framework; Visual data production; Visual methods; Visual social research; Visual sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953758441     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124110366233     Document Type: Article

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