Mass Communication Research Methods (Paperback)

PART 1: INTRODUCTION.- Mass Communication Research.- Methods Asking the Right Questions.- PART 2: THE 'PRODUCTION' DIMENSION.- Researching Media Professionals and the Production Domain Policy and Archival Research.- PART 3: MEDIA CONTENT.- Content Analysis.- Approaches Genre and Narrative Analysis.- Analysing Visuals: Still and Moving Images.- PART 4: AUDIENCES.- Media Audiences: Survey Research.- Media Audiences: Group Interviewing.- PART 5: HANDLING DATA.- Computer-Assisted Handling and Analysis of Data.- Appendix: Sources, Resources, Archives and Access.- References.- Index.