Researching Communications: A Practical Guide to Methods in Media and Cultural Analysis - Couverture rigide

Deacon, D. H.; Etc.; Pickering, Mike; Golding, Peter; Murdock, Graham

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0340731931 ISBN 13 : 9780340731932

Editeur : Hodder Arnold, 1999

Synopsis

Studying communications and the media requires a range of research methods drawn from disciplines as diverse as sociology, psychology, literary analysis, linguistics and economics. This textbook sets out a comprehensive guide for students and researchers on methods for researching communications. As well as explaining the basics and background to differing research methods, it provides examples, illustrative research analyses, and step-by-step guides on how to do research. Covering all aspects of communication research, the book also explains the ethical issues involved in research and sets out questions of objectivity, qualitative and quantitative approaches, and the role of empirical research. The authors use a range of examples to illustrate the chapters, and draw on their experience of teaching media and communication studies at a variety of levels and in many countries. The book includes a glossary of key terms and provides a guide to all facets of researching and communication for the student embarking on a project, or the researcher designing and developing a study.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

'Researching Communications' offers a complete guide to conducting research in media and cultural studies. It covers all the major methods of inquiry, giving practical step-by-step guides on how to use them, with detailed worked examples. This comprehensive introduction will be invaluable to students researching media and culture, from first year projects to advanced graduate work.

The text covers all aspects of communication research, including: quantitative and qualitative methods; research ethics; archival work; statistical sources; the analysis of texts, talk, and images; objectivity; survey research; and the use of computers and the Internet.

Revue de presse

Researching Communications does a superb job of explaining both cultural analysis and social research methods. Covering everything from semiotics to statistics and discourse analysis to computers, it is also an up-to-date, authoritative, and extremely well-written introduction to communications in general. I recommend this book to anyone who teaches courses in research and communication. (Arthur Asa Berger, San Franciso State University,)

... an enormously useful text for anyone interested in an up-to-date guide to cultural analysis; it will be indispensable for teaching research methods in communication studies. (Hanno Hardt, University of Iowa, USA)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hodder Arnold
• Date d'édition: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0340731931
• ISBN 13: 9780340731932
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 250
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible