Media research methods : understanding metric and interpretive approaches

Focusing on empirical research, this is an engaging and critical guide through each step of the research process, outlining the procedures, differences, strengths and limitations of metric, interpretive and the newer hybrid approaches

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anderson, James A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, California : SAGE Publications , c2012
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300 |a xxi, 438 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 418-426) and index 
505 0 |a 1. Exploring the mediascape -- 2. Mapping the mediascape -- 3. Methods of exploration asking questions -- 4. Methods of exploration finding answers -- 5. From concepts to data -- 6. Research questions and hypotheses -- 7. Literatures and databases -- 8. Sampling -- 9. Statistics and statistical analysis -- 10. Designing surveys -- 11. Protocols for experiments -- 12. Coding text -- 13. Discursive protocols: creating texts -- 14. Critical interpretive methods: social meanings/media texts -- 15. Ethnographic methods -- 16. An excursion into writing 
520 |a Focusing on empirical research, this is an engaging and critical guide through each step of the research process, outlining the procedures, differences, strengths and limitations of metric, interpretive and the newer hybrid approaches 
650 0 |a Mass media   |x Research   |x Methodology 
999 |a 1000150901   |b Book   |c OPEN SHELF (30 DAYS)   |e Gong Badak Campus