Introducing Communication Research - International Student Edition: Paths of Inquiry - Couverture souple

Davis, Andrea M.; Treadwell, Donald

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1544372167 ISBN 13 : 9781544372167

Editeur : SAGE Publications, Inc, 2019

Synopsis

Introducing Communication Research: Paths of Inquiry teaches students the basics of communication research in an accessible manner by using interesting real-world examples, engaging application exercises, and up-to-date resources. Best-selling author Donald Treadwell and new co-author Andrea Davis guide readers through the process of conducting communication research and presenting findings for scholarly, professional, news/media, and web audiences.

 

New & Key Features

 

• New vignettes introduce a theoretical or methodological topic using language and contexts that students new to research can easily comprehend.
• New and updated content includes:
  • "First Decisions": expanded discussion of basic research perspectives, worldviews, communication metatheories, and communication research traditions.
  • Bibliographic research: new content on identifying and assessing fake news.
  • Survey methodology: new content on "big data" and surveys.
• Application exercises help students learn to make decisions about research practice.
• Ethics panels with questions facilitate discussion of research ethics in practice.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Donald Treadwell earned his master’s degree in communication from Cornell University and his

PhD in communication and rhetoric from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

He developed and taught communication research classes in classroom and online settings

and also taught courses in organizational communication, public relations, and public relations

writing. He is the coauthor of Public Relations Writing: Principles in Practice (2nd ed., Sage,

2005).

He has published and presented research on organizational image, consumer response to

college names, health professionals’ images of AIDS, faculty perceptions of the communication

discipline, and employers’ expectations of newly hired communication graduates. His research

appears in Communication Monographs, Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, Public

Relations Review, Journal of Human Subjectivity, and Criminal Justice Ethics.

He is professor emeritus, Westfield State University, and has international consulting experience

in agricultural extension and health communication.

 

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Teaching students the basics of communication research in an accessible manner, this fourth edition demystifies the theories and applications through its focus on methods in practice.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1544372167
• ISBN 13: 9781544372167
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 4
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible