'An authoritative, stimulating and rigorous survey of diverse
research traditions in media and communications. The emphasis on identifying the potential
for convergence across these traditions is both original and welcome.' - Sonia
Livingstone, London School of Economics and Political Science
A Handbook of Media and Communications Research presents qualitative as well as
quantitative approaches to the analysis and interpretation of media, covering perspectives
from both the social sciences and the humanities. The Handbook offers a
comprehensive review of earlier research and a set of guidelines for how to think about,
plan, and carry out studies of media in different social and cultural contexts. Divided
into sections on the history, systematics and pragmatics of research, and written by
internationally acknowledged specialists in each area, the Handbook will be a
standard reference work for students and researchers.
Contents:
Lists of figures, tables, plates, and boxes. Preface. Notes on contributors. 1.
Introduction: The state of convergence in media and communication research Klaus Bruhn
Jensen University of Copenhagen, Denmark PART I - HISTORY: SOURCES OF MEDIA AND
COMMUNICATION RESEARCH 2. The humanities in media and communication research Klaus
Bruhn Jensen 3. Media, culture, and modern times: Social science investigations Graham
Murdock Loughborough University, UK PART II - SYSTEMATICS: PROCESSES OF MEDIATED
COMMUNICATION 4. The production of media fiction Horace Newcomb University of
Texas at Austin, USA and Amanda Lotz Washington University, St Louis, USA 5. The
production of news Gaye Tuchman University of Connecticut, USA 6. The study of
international news Stig Hjarvard University of Copenhagen, Denmark 7. Discourses
of fact Kim Christian Schroder University of Roskilde, Denmark 8. Mediated
fiction Peter Larsen University of Bergen, Norway Media audiences: 9. Media
effects: Quantitative traditions Klaus Bruhn Jensen 10. Media reception:
Qualitative traditions Klaus Bruhn Jensen 11. Contexts, cultures, and computers:
The cultural contexts of mediated communication Klaus Bruhn Jensen 12. History,
media, and communication Paddy Scannell University of Westminster, UK PART III -
PRACTICE: SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES AND SOCIAL APPLICATIONS 13. The quantitative research
process Barrie Gunter Sheffield University, UK 14. The qualitative research
process Klaus Bruhn Jensen 15. The complementarity of qualitative and
quantitative methodologies in media and communication research Klaus Bruhn Jensen
16. The social origins and uses of media and communication research Klaus Bruhn Jensen
References. Name index. Subject index
Full Contributors:
Barrie Gunter, Stig Hjarvard, Klaus Bruhn Jensen, Peter Larsen,
Amanda D. Lotz, Graham Murdock, Horace Newcomb, Kim Christian
Schroder, Paddy Scannell, Gaye Tuchman
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