A handbook of media and communication research : qualitative and quantitative methodologies / edited by Klaus Bruhn Jensen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jensen, Klaus Bruhn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Research--Methodology.

Mass media.

Communication--Research.

Communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This title offers a comprehensive review of earlier research and a set of guidelines for how to think about, plan, and carry out studies of media and communications. It will be the standard reference work for students and researchers.

Contents:

A Handbook of Media and Communication Research Qualitative and quantitative methodologies; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction: the state of convergence in media and communication research; Part 1History: Sources of Media and Communication Research; 2 The humanities in media and communication research; 3 Media, culture and modern times: social science investigations; Part 2Systematics: Processes of Mediated Communication; 4 The production of media fiction; 5 The production of news; 6 The study of international news; 7 Discourses of fact

8 Mediated fiction9 Media effects: quantitative traditions; 10 Media reception: qualitative traditions; 11 Contexts, cultures and computers: the cultural contexts of mediated communication; 12 History, media and communication; Part 3Practice: Scientific Approaches and Social Applications; 13 The quantitative research process; 14 The qualitative research process; 15 The complementarity of qualitative and quantitative methodologies in media and communication research; 16 The social origins and uses of media and communication research; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [294]-325) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-75939-2

9786611759391

0-203-46510-5

9780203465103

OCLC:

61516401