ISBN:
9781544371740
,
9781544332680
Language:
English
Pages:
xix, 461 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme
Edition:
Fifth edition
DDC:
302.23072/1
Keywords:
Mass media Research
;
Methodology
;
Communication Research
;
Methodology
;
Medien
;
Kommunikation
;
Forschungsmethode
;
Medienforschung
;
Kommunikationsforschung
;
Methode
Abstract:
"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 beginning 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"--
Abstract:
What is research? -- The research process -- Semiotic analysis -- Rhetorical analysis -- Ideological criticism -- Psychoanalytic criticism -- Discourse analysis -- Interviews -- Historical analysis -- Ethnomethodological research -- Participant observation -- Content analysis -- Surveys -- Experiments -- A primer on descriptive statistics -- Nineteen common thinking errors -- Writing research reports
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 441-450. - Index: Seite 451-461
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