Qualitative Research Methods for Media Studies

Bonnie S. Brennen (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

2012
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-89021-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This book introduces the essential qualitative methods used in media research, with an emphasis on integrating theory with practice. Each method is introduced through step-by-step instruction on conducting research and interpreting research findings, alongside in-depth discussions of the historical, cultural, and theoretical context of the particular method and case studies drawn from published scholarship. This text is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to qualitative methods, ideal for media and mass communication research courses.

Autor

Bonnie S. Brennen is the Nieman Professor of Journalism in the Diederich College of Communication at Marquette University. Her research focuses on the intersection between labor and journalism history as well as on relationships between media, culture, and society. She is author of For the Record: An Oral History of Rochester, New York Newsworkers and co-editor, with Hanno Hardt, of three books: The American Journalism History Reader; Picturing the Past: Media, History, and Photography; and Newsworkers: Towards a History of the Rank and File, also published by Routledge.

Inhalt

1. Getting Started 2. Doing Qualitative Research 3. Interviewing 4. Focus Groups 5. History 6. Oral History 7. Ethnography and Participant Observation 8. Textual Analysis

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: Follow Welfare in the US
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 229 mm
• Gewicht: 460 g
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-415-89021-7 / 0415890217
• ISBN-13: 978-0-415-89021-2 / 9780415890212
• Zustand: Neuware