Introduction - Jenny Kitzinger and Rosaline S Barbour
The Challenge and Promise of Focus Groups
The Impact of Context on Data - Judith Green and Laura Hart
Combining Focus Groups and Interviews - Lynn Michell
Telling How it Is; Telling How it Feels
Are Focus Groups Suitable for `Sensitive¿ Topics? - Clare Farquhar with Rita Das
How Useful Are Focus Groups in Feminist Research? - Sue Wilkinson
Do Focus Groups Facilitate Meaningful Participation in Social Research? - Rachel Baker and Rachel Hinton
How Useful Are Focus Groups for Obtaining the Views of Minority Groups? - Lai-Fong Chui and Deborah Knight
Are Focus Groups an Appropriate Tool for Studying Organizational Change? - Rosaline S Barbour
Can Focus Groups Access Community Views? - Claire Waterton and Brian Wynne
Some Issues Arising in the Systematic Analysis of Focus Group Materials - Jane Frankland and Michael Bloor
The Analytical Potential of `Sensitive Moments¿ in Focus Group Discussions - Jenny Kitzinger and Clare Farquhar
Can Focus Groups Be Analyzed as Talk? - Greg Myers and Phil Macnaghten
Theorizing Subjects and Subject Matter in Focus Group Research - Sarah Cunningham-Burley, Anne Kerr and Stephen Pavis
Afterword - Rosaline S Barbour and Jenny Kitzinger

Jenny Kitzinger is Professor of Media Studies in the School of Journalism at Cardiff University, and the author/co-author of several books on aspects of media studies, together with numerous articles.

This book critically examines the potential of, and suggests ways forward in, harnessing a versatile and powerful method of research - focus groups. The book challenges some of the emerging orthodoxies and presents accessible, insightful and reflective discussions about the issues around focus group work.