In a discursive analysis, data is not "coded", but attention is paid to sequencing of posts, to exact words and phrases used, to timing of responses (where relevant), and to the fine details of exactly how someone performs the activity of posting, as evidenced by their written post, and the ways in which these details tend to elicit systematic responses.
The combination of transcripts and non-discursive information made over 250 pages of data.
Two strategies have been used for analyzing textual data: discursive thematic analysis [ 40] and temporal bracketing strategy, the latest being considered a direct reference to Giddens' structuration theory [ 41].
The qualitative and discursive form of the data called for broad thematic analysis and identification of standout points in relation to the research objectives [ 22].
For the professionals, a theoretical sampling based on the previous definition of the characteristics of the participants has been carried out to obtain the greatest variety and discursive wealth to reach data saturation.
More than discursive, Roberts's study includes social data that reveal geography, economic relationships, social status, and cultural prestige.
Think tanks, consultancies and public-private collaborative alliances are providing discursive and evidence-based support for new data infrastructure projects.
While applying discursive and conversation analytical approaches to Internet data has limitations-for example, sequencing issues and timing of responses can be obscured, as the articles cited here demonstrate, many core aspects of a discursive approach can be used to understand forum talk.
Data were analysed using a discursive approach to consider the ways in which participants interacted, and how this contributed to the goal of online learning about using Internet technologies for mental health practice.
Positional maps 'lay out the major positions taken and not taken, in the data vis-à-vis particular discursive axes of variation and difference... surrounding complicated relational issues in the situation.' [ 36] page 554.
