Further uses for grounded theory: A methodology for psychological studies of the performing arts, literature and visual media

Abstract

Grounded theory remains a popular qualitative methodology even after haf-a-century of existence. Recent years have seen a renaissance in the use of the methodology and it is increasingly being utilised in innovative ways. These have included the application of ‘grounded theory to ‘nontraditional’ data such as those derived from the performing arts, literature and visual media. Most published grounded theory analyses using these data appear experimental and/or tentative when drawing their conclusions, and little guidance is published on how to conduct grounded theory on visual and textual media. With this article, we go some way towards redressing this issue and further explore the adaptability and utility of grounded theory as a qualitative methodology. Further, we offer a methodological approach derived from the ‘classical’ school, to be used by psychologists and other social science researchers who wish to explore psychological phenomena in the context of the performing arts, literature and visual media.

Visualizing multiracial identity development

“…Although the use of visual methodologies is increasing in social science research, there is an absence of information on VGT. Silverio and colleagues (2020) note a dearth of grounded theory research that uses visual methods, and the lack of guidance of how to do VGT in published literature. We discovered that existing orientations of VGT were less applicable to participatory diagrammatic methods, where the figure site is created by the participant themselves (versus participants taking a photograph) (Mey and Dietrich, 2017).…”

Gender, Workforce and Artificial Intelligence

“…Preliminary data for this study was collected from semistructured interviews involving 4 women working in AI-related fields. The data was analysed using a Grounded Theory Analysis which has both inductive and intuitive benefits [12] and the results are presented in the next section. This study answers the research questions based on the preliminary findings and is presented below with direct quotes form the participants to support findings:…”

“…Until now, the technology developed still allowed humans to be in control, guiding the machines and getting them to perform as desired. This was the motivation for the increasing focus on STEM education for women and girls that enabled them to access tech jobs especially in areas that required human intelligence to control the machines [3]. However, the present wave of advancements into 'Big Data, Analytics, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence opens up the possibility of more sophisticated automation that requires large scale reduction of human involvement while creating options for substantial augmentation of human capabilities.…”

The Powerful Student Consumer and the Commodified Academic: A Depiction of the Marketised UK Higher Education System through a Textual Analysis of the ITV Drama Cheat

“…This article presents a less traditional methodological approach, that is, an analysis of a television drama about a fictional UK HE institution, in the field of HE. This may limit its factuality and generalisability when relating findings to extant UK HE institutions; however, this approach enables a legitimate and rigorous, empirical interrogation of these non-traditional data (Silverio et al, 2020). Not forgetting an early pioneer of academic investigation into the visual arts, Laura Mulvey, and her 'male gaze' theory (Mulvey, 1975), empirical investigation of non-traditional data (such as that derived from the performing arts, literature, and visual media) is becoming increasingly more common in HE research (see, for instance, Bourke, 2013;Fisher et al, 2008).…”

“…Analytic validity was maintained as all three analysts watched the series in full, recorded data independently, and reached consensus on analysis (Vaismoradi et al, 2013). For analytical purposes, each episode was viewed as a unit (see Silverio et al, 2020; Wilkinson et al, 2020, for further examples of use of this analytical approach).…”