The new edition is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to researching media and communication to perform and analyze research tasks.
The new edition is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to researching media and communication to perform and analyze research tasks.
With detailed introductions to the major research methods, the book gives detailed examples of research and analysis and practical step-by-step guidance in clear language. It also includes an expanded and updated section on the internet, online databases and the latest CAQDAS (Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software) packages, as well as new case studies, international examples and details of recent developments in media and communication studies.
The new edition of the highly respected
Researching Communications is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to researching media and communication. Introducing the major research methods, giving detailed examples of research analysis and practical step-by-step guidance in clear language,
Researching Communications, Second Edition is an invaluable guide to performing and analyzing research tasks. Written by highly regarded experts in the field, the new edition includes expanded and updated sections on the Internet, online databases and the latest CAQDAS packages, as well as new case studies, international examples, and details of recent developments in media and communication studies. Undergraduate and postgraduate media- and communication-studies students will find
Researching Communications an invaluable resource at all stages of their course.
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"The key strength of this book are built on clear explanations of the relationship of theory to research, the strong emphasis placed on practical application (the 'how to') of the methods and techniques discussed and the guidance given in relation to the stages of the research process." -- Liam French, Art:Design:Media (Higher Education Academy)
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A comprehensive and authoritative guide with lucid and clear explanations The authors are highly respected in Media Studies and recognised as big names in the field Updated with developments on the Internet as a research tool and as a subject of research in itself Covers the latest computer software packages
David Deacon is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Science, Loughborough, UK. Michael Pickering is Professor in the Department of Social Science, Loughborough, UK. Peter Golding is Professor in the Department of Social Science, Loughborough, UK and Chair of the European Sociological Association Media Research Network. Graham Murdock is Reader in the Department of Social Science, Loughborough, UK.
