A Market of Opinions: The Political Epistemology of Focus Groups

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Focus Group Evidence (2014, methodology): “However, Lezaun (2007) argues there is little attention to how opinions are ‘‘created, certified, and circulated’’ (p. 147) in focus groups.”
Materials and devices of the public: an introduction (2011, background): “…a renewed engagement of social and cultural studies with political theory an engagement that is visible in many strands of contemporary work on science, technology and democracy (Braun & Whatmore, 2010; Brown, 2009; Kelty, 2008; Lezaun, 2007; Marres, 2007; Thorpe, 2007; Turner, 2003; Wynne, 2008).”
Focus group methodology: some ethical challenges (2019, background): “Lezaun (2007) characterizes an underlying principle of the focus group as isegoric—a concern to provide all participants with an equal opportunity to express (or to decline to express) their views.”