Media and Communication Research Methods
eBook - ePub

Media and Communication Research Methods

An Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches

  1. 488 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Media and Communication Research Methods

An Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches

About this book

This step-by-step introduction to conducting media and communication research offers practical insights along with the author's signature lighthearted style to make discussion of qualitative and quantitative methods easy to comprehend. The Fifth Edition of Media and Communication Research Methods includes a new chapter on discourse analysis; expanded discussion of social media, including discussion of the ethics of Facebook experiments; and expanded coverage of the research process with new discussion of search strategies and best practices for analyzing research articles. Ideal for research students at both the graduate and undergraduate level, this proven book is clear, concise, and accompanied by just the right number of detailed examples, useful applications, and valuable exercises to help students to understand, and master, media and communication research. 

 


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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Brief Contents
  7. Detailed Contents
  8. Preface to the Fifth Edition
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Acknowledgements
  11. Introduction
  12. Part I Getting Started
  13. 1 What Is Research?
  14. 2 The Research Process
  15. Part II Methods of Textual Analysis
  16. 3 Semiotic Analysis
  17. 4 Rhetorical Analysis
  18. 5 Ideological Criticism
  19. 6 Psychoanalytic Criticism
  20. 7 Discourse Analysis
  21. Part III Qualitative Research Methods
  22. 8 Interviews
  23. 9 Historical Analysis
  24. 10 Ethnomethodological Research
  25. 11 Participant Observation
  26. Part IV Quantitative Research Methods
  27. 12 Content Analysis
  28. 13 Surveys
  29. 14 Experiments
  30. 15 A Primer on Descriptive Statistics
  31. Part V Putting It All Together
  32. 16 Nineteen Common Thinking Errors
  33. 17 Writing Research Reports
  34. Glossary
  35. References
  36. Author Index
  37. Index
  38. About the Authors