Flewitt, R; (2013) Book Review: Paula Reavey (ed.), Visual Methods in Psychology: Using and Interpreting Images in Qualitative Research, Routledge: New York, 2011; 370 pp.: ISBN 978 0 415 48348 3 (hbk). [Review]. Visual Communication , 12 (2) pp. 243-249. 10.1177/1470357212472413.

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The use of visual methods in social science research has grown significantly over the past 30 years or so, driven partly by an increasing recognition of social and cultural practices as central to our understanding of human experience, and boosted in more recent years by the ubiquitous presence of images in global and local communication and by the affordability of visual media for data collection and analysis. Despite this trend, comparatively little visual research has emerged from the discipline of psychology, which has tended to cling to its established focus on language and cognition. In Visual Methods in Psychology, Paula Reavey addresses this gap and draws together a rich body of visual research conducted primarily in the field of psychology, complemented by rich insights from such diverse fields as social policy, environmental science, psychogeography and Fine Art. The multiple authors reflect critically on how diverse visual media, including photography, film-making, drawing, model-making, walking, map drawing and digital technologies, can be used to research human experience. Throughout this ambitious and accomplished edited collection, the authors problematise the theoretical and methodological implications of conducting visual research in psychology, and reflect on the unique perspectives offered by participatory visual methods.

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