A Handbook of Media and Communication Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Methodologies
London; New York: Routledge, 3rd ed. (2021), xiii, 512 pp.
Contains bibliogr. pp. 434-494, index
ISBN 978-1-138-49292-9 (pbk); 978-1-138-49290-5 (ebook)
Other editions: 1st ed. 2002, 2nd ed. 2012, 3rd ed. 2021
Signature commbox: 10-Research-E 2021
"Thoroughly revised and updated, this third edition integrates perspectives from the social sciences and the humanities, focusing on methodology as a strategic level of analysis that joins practical applications with theoretical issues. The Handbook comprises three main elements: historical accounts of the development of key concepts and research traditions; systematic reviews of media organizations, discourses, and users, as well as of the wider social and cultural contexts of communication; and practical guidelines with sample studies, taking readers through the different stages of a research process and reflecting on the social uses and consequences of research. Updates to this edition include: an overview of the interrelations between networked, mass, and interpersonal communication; a new chapter on digital methods; three chapters illustrating different varieties of media and communication research, including industry–academic collaboration and participatory action research; presentation and discussion of public issues such as surveillance and the reconfiguration of local and global media institutions." (Publisher description)
1 Introduction: the state of convergence in media and communication research / Klaus Bruhn Jensen, 1
I. HISTORY: SOURCES OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
2 The humanistic sources of media and communication research / Klaus Bruhn Jensen, 25
3 The social-scientific sources of media and communication research / Michael Meyen, 54
II. SYSTEMATICS: PROCESSES OF COMMUNICATION
4 The production of entertainment media / Amanda D. Lotz and Horace Newcomb, 75
5 News production / Folker Hanusch and Phoebe Maares, 93
6 Analysing news discourse / Darren Kelsey and Lyndon Way, 112
7 Mediated fiction / Kay Richardson, 136
8 Media effects: quantitative traditions / Klaus Bruhn Jensen, 156
9 Media reception: qualitative traditions / Klaus Bruhn Jensen, 177
10 Communication in contexts: beyond mass-interpersonal and online-offline divides / Klaus Bruhn Jensen, 193
11 The cultural contexts of media and communication / Klaus Bruhn Jensen, 213
12 History, communication, and media / Janice Peck, 232
III. PRACTICE: SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES AND SOCIAL APPLICATIONS
13 Quantitative approaches to media and communication research / Jacob Örmen, 255
14 The qualitative research process / Klaus Bruhn Jensen, 286
15 Digital methods for media and communication research / Rasmus Helles, 307
16 The complementarity of qualitative and quantitative methodologies in media and communication research / Klaus Bruhn Jensen, 328
17 Personal media in everyday life: a baseline study / Rasmus Helles, 349
18 Media Industries and audience research: an analytic dialogue on the value of engagement / Annette Hill, 368
19 Employing media-rich participatory action research to foster youth voice / Lynn Schofield Clark and Margie Thompson, 388
20 The social origins and uses of media and communication research / Klaus Bruhn Jensen, 411
I. HISTORY: SOURCES OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
2 The humanistic sources of media and communication research / Klaus Bruhn Jensen, 25
3 The social-scientific sources of media and communication research / Michael Meyen, 54
II. SYSTEMATICS: PROCESSES OF COMMUNICATION
4 The production of entertainment media / Amanda D. Lotz and Horace Newcomb, 75
5 News production / Folker Hanusch and Phoebe Maares, 93
6 Analysing news discourse / Darren Kelsey and Lyndon Way, 112
7 Mediated fiction / Kay Richardson, 136
8 Media effects: quantitative traditions / Klaus Bruhn Jensen, 156
9 Media reception: qualitative traditions / Klaus Bruhn Jensen, 177
10 Communication in contexts: beyond mass-interpersonal and online-offline divides / Klaus Bruhn Jensen, 193
11 The cultural contexts of media and communication / Klaus Bruhn Jensen, 213
12 History, communication, and media / Janice Peck, 232
III. PRACTICE: SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES AND SOCIAL APPLICATIONS
13 Quantitative approaches to media and communication research / Jacob Örmen, 255
14 The qualitative research process / Klaus Bruhn Jensen, 286
15 Digital methods for media and communication research / Rasmus Helles, 307
16 The complementarity of qualitative and quantitative methodologies in media and communication research / Klaus Bruhn Jensen, 328
17 Personal media in everyday life: a baseline study / Rasmus Helles, 349
18 Media Industries and audience research: an analytic dialogue on the value of engagement / Annette Hill, 368
19 Employing media-rich participatory action research to foster youth voice / Lynn Schofield Clark and Margie Thompson, 388
20 The social origins and uses of media and communication research / Klaus Bruhn Jensen, 411
