Discourse of the School Dinners Debate, 2004-2008

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>This is a qualitative data collection, including audio recordings of the individual and focus group interviews.<br>
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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. <br>
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Further information can be found on the <a href="http://creet.open.ac.uk/projects/language-of-food-politics/school-dinners.cfm" title="Discourse of the School Dinners Debate">Discourse of the School Dinners Debate</a> web site or <a href="http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/ViewAwardPage.aspx?awardnumber=RES-000-22-1947" title="Discourse of the School Dinners Debate award web page">ESRC award</a> web page.<br>
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<b>Downloading Audio Files</b><br>
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').<br>
<br><br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Communication and understanding of messages surrounding the UK school dinners debate, school dinners, food politics, language of public debate, media language.