and joint understanding are conceptualized in social psychological research with a focus on applied topics such as advice resistance and its management. Their paper on problems and prospects in the use of qualitative interviews in psychology, published in Qualitative Research in Psychology, generated debate with Jonathan Smith, Wendy Hollway and Elliot Mischler. It has been widely cited. This stimulated a further debate in Qualitative Research with Chris Griffin and Karen Henwood. New work is focused on studying video records of mealtime interaction in families with young children. This has looked at actions such as directives, requests and threats and has a broader concern about the contribution of interaction analysis to the study of obesity. In a 2010 paper in the British Journal of Social Psychology Potter summarised and continued the controversial debate over the status of discursive psychology with respect to both traditional social psychology and alternative styles of critical work. Bibliography Books Book chapters Journal articles A response to: Rejoinder: A response to: Pdf of pp. 615–646. References 1956 births Academics of Loughborough University Alumni of the University of Surrey Living people Scottish psychologists Sociolinguists People from Ashford, Kent People from Laughton, East Sussex