Dear All, I'd definitely agree with what you've posted Yanuar, the software should only be thought of as assisting the process (i.e. ease of storage and retrieval) it still relies on the researchers own skill in developing and applying the coding frame. I'm currently using MAXqda2(see http://www.maxqda.com/ for the 30 day demo version). It's not terribly cheap but I found it easier to pick up than Nvivo, and have used it for coding interviews, learning journals, and even project documentation. It is also very easy to display e.g. "all segments coded against x", or "all segments coded against x for subject a" etc and many other variations which were sometimes problematic in Nvivo. I think it's worth checking out. I'd be interested to hear more about the framing theory mentioned, I don't think I've come across it before. Best wishes, Alison Muirhead Inspire Research www.inspire-research.co.uk