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9780340926994

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

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    9780340926994

  • ISBN10:

    0340926996

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-07-27
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
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Summary

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

Author Biography

David Deacon is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Science, Loughborough, UK.
 
Michael Pickering is Professor in the Department of Social Science, Loughborough, UK.
 
Peter Golding is Professor in the Department of Social Science, Loughborough, UK and Chair of the European Sociological Association Media Research Network.
 
Graham Murdock is Reader in the Department of Social Science, Loughborough, UK.

Table of Contents

Preface
Approaching research
Using archives
Sampling and selecting
Asking questions
Handling numbers
Counting contents
Analysing texts
Unpacking news
Viewing the image
Interpreting images
Being an observer
Attending to talk
Taking talk apart
Using computers
On-line investigating
Beyond methodology
Glossary
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