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Researching Communications: A Practical Guide to Methods in Media and Cultural Analysis 3rd edition


Researching Communications: A Practical Guide to Methods in Media and Cultural Analysis 3rd edition

Paperback by Deacon, David (Loughborough University, UK); Pickering, Michael (European Journal of Communication, Loughborough); Golding, Peter (Northumbria University, UK); Murdock, Graham (Independent scholar, UK)

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

£31.99

ISBN:
9781501316920
Publication Date:
15 Jul 2021
Edition/language:
3rd edition / English
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:
Bloomsbury Academic USA
Pages:
552 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 7 - 8 May 2024
Researching Communications: A Practical Guide to Methods in Media and Cultural Analysis

Description

The new edition of the highly respected Researching Communications is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to researching media and communication. Researching Communications, Third Edition is an invaluable guide to performing and analysing research tasks, introducing the major research methods, giving detailed examples of research analysis and practical step-by-step guidance in clear language. Written by highly regarded experts in the field, the third edition includes new sections on social media analysis, digital research methods and comparative research, as well as updated case studies, international examples and details of recent developments in media and communication studies. Undergraduate and postgraduate media and communication students will find Researching Communications an invaluable resource at all stages of their course.

Contents

Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the Third Edition Acknowledgements 1. Approaching research 2. Dealing with documentation 3. Selecting and sampling 4. Asking questions 5. Handling numbers 6. Counting contents 7. Analysing texts 8. Unpacking news 9. Viewing the image 10. Interpreting images 11. Being an observer 12. Attending to talk 13. Taking talk apart 14. Making comparisons 15. Using computers 16. Beyond methodology: the what, how and why of researching communications Glossary Bibliography Index

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