Summary information
Study title
Discourse of the School Dinners Debate, 2004-2008
Creator
Cook, G., University of Reading, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
Study number / PID
6228 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-6228-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
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This is a qualitative data collection, including audio recordings of the individual and focus group interviews.
The Discourse of the School Dinners Debate project studied the role of language and communication strategies in the ongoing intense national discussion of school meals. It looked at views of parents, pupils and key players through semi-structured interviews and focus groups. The aim was to understand issues relating to school meals, contribute to policy, and facilitate communication between stakeholders.
Further information can be found on the Discourse of the School Dinners Debate web site or ESRC award web page.
Downloading Audio Files
Users should note that the audio recordings of the interviews for this study are in MP3 format, and have been divided between four zip files to ease download. Registered users may log in and download all four MP3 zip files from the download page accordingly to obtain the full set of files, including transcripts (note that the format box will state 'Other' next to the link). For those users who do not wish to use audio files, a smaller zip file is available that contains the Rich Text Format (RTF) interview transcripts only (format box will state 'RTF').
Main Topics:
Communication and understanding of messages surrounding the UK school dinners debate, school dinners, food politics, language of public debate, media language.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
01/02/2007 - 01/02/2008
Country
England
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Analysis unit
Individuals
Groups
Institutions/organisations
Subnational
Universe
Primary and secondary school pupils. Parents of primary and secondary school pupils. People involved in communicating about school meals.
Sampling procedure
Volunteer sample
Convenience sample
Kind of data
Text
Audio
Data collection mode
Face-to-face interview
Telephone interview
Transcription of existing materials
Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Focus group
Instant messaging
Funding information
Grant number
RES-000-22-1947
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
2009
Terms of data access
The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.
Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.
Related publications
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