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

Deacon, D. et al.

ISBN 10: 0340731931 / ISBN 13: 9780340731932

Published by Arnold, 1999

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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pen, pencil & highlighter markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,950grams, ISBN:0340731931.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Researching Communications: A Practical Guide to Methods in Media and Cultural Analysis
• Publisher: Arnold
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340731931
• ISBN 13: 9780340731932
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Poor
• Seller catalogs:
  • Social Sciences

About this title

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.

Review

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)