Mass Communication Research Methods - Softcover

Cottle, Simon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 033361710X ISBN 13: 9780333617106

Publisher: Red Globe Press, 1998

Synopsis

Offering an introduction to key research methods and approaches for the study of media and mass communications processes, this book starts with a discussion on how to select the right methods for the right research questions, before going on to outline the main methods and approaches for the study of: media organisations; the practices of media professionals; media content and representations; and media audiences. Drawing widely on examples from communications research literature, the authors describe the development and application of each method and the details of the steps involved, giving examples of research instruments as appropriate.

About this title

About the Author:

ANDERS HANSEN and CHRIS NEWBOLD are Lecturers in Mass Communications at the University of Leicester. RALPH NEGRINE is Senior Lecturer in Mass Communications at the University of Leicester. All three work at the internationally known and highly regarded Leicester Centre for Mass Communication Research. SIMON COTTLE is Reader in Mass Communications at Bath College of Higher Education.

Review:

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-Eric Korn, "Times Literary Supplement"

About this edition

• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 033361710X
• ISBN 13: 9780333617106
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360