Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods: The Search for Meaning

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the negotiation process for buying advertising space and time through analysis of media buyer interviews and identified five potential determinants: economic resources of supply, demand, and time; financial, hierarchical, and informational power; relationship between buyer and seller; tangible values such as those inherent in the media objectives and the intangible values as the creativity of the negotiated solution; subjective utilities and personal skills such as motivation and bargaining skill.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore and promote a deeper understanding of the essential contributing factors to body image development in a non-clinical sample of boys, including the roles played by peers, family, and media.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the impact of structured reflective practice on the teaching decisions of five in-service classroom teachers over a twelve week period, participants engaged in daily reflective practice about their teaching, and participants became specifically aware of their teaching decisions and engaged in a comprehensive analysis of them.

TL;DR: Investigating the perceptions of students and staff members regarding their experiences in an alternative learning program for disruptive students in a rural school setting in North Carolina found findings were used to answer three research questions relative to the alternative education programs for disruptiveStudents and to make recommendations for program improvements.