Ethics in Praxis: Negotiating the Role and Functions of a Video Camera in family therapy
Abstract
The use of video for research purposes is something that has attracted ethical attention and debate. While the usefulness of video as a mechanism to collect data is widely agreed, the ethical sensitivity and impact of recording equipment is more contentious. In some clinical settings the presence of a camera has a dual role, as a portal to a reflecting team and as a recording device to obtain research data. Using data from one such setting, family therapy sessions, this article shows how the role played by recording equipment is negotiated in the course of talk and other activities that constitute sessions. Analysis reveals that members of the therapy interaction orient in different ways and for different purposes to the value of recordings. The article concludes that there are layers of benefit to be derived from recording of clinical interactions, including for members themselves, and this has wider implications for the ways in which qualitative research designs in health sciences are evaluated.Citation
Hutchby, I., O'Reilly, M., & Parker, N. (2012). Ethics in Praxis: Negotiating the Role and Functions of a Video Camera in Family Therapy. Discourse Studies, 14(6), 675-690. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461445612457487Publisher
SAGE PublicationsJournal
Discourse StudiesAdditional Links
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1461445612457487Type
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Hutchby, I., O'Reilly, M., & Parker, N. (2013). Ethics in Praxis: Negotiating the Role and Functions of a Video Camera in Family Therapy. Discourse Studies, 14(6), 675-690. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461445612457487 . Copyright © 2012 SAGE. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.EISSN
1461-7080ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1177/1461445612457487