In this episode, I speak Dr Catherine Price (https://warwick.ac.uk/study/csde/gsp/eportfolio/directory/pg/live/u1455901/) about her research using below-the-line comments in online news articles. We’ll be thinking about using secondary data for research purposes, including what kinds of data can be used, where we can find it, and what issues there might be in evaluating it

The Guest...

Dr Catherine Price's work on foodbank use using secondary data collection methods can be found here:  Price, C., Barons, M., Garthwaite, K. and Jolly, A. (2020) ‘The do-gooders and scroungers’: examining narratives of foodbank use in online local press coverage in the West Midlands, UK, Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, vol xx, no xx, 1–20, DOI: 10.1332/175982720X15905998323834

Further Resources...

This is a great text on using secondary data for research: Smith, E. 2008, Using Secondary Data in Educational and Social Research, McGraw-Hill Education, Berkshire

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