Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340762748 ISBN 13: 9780340762745

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2003

How do young audiences play with the cultural spectacle offered by reality shows like Big Brother? How does interactive media influence learning the process in educational and everyday settings? How can corporate communicators address their ethical commitment more effectively to the general public? And is there a link between television viewing and violent behavior? Researching Audiences is a practical hands-on guide to the main types of empirical fieldwork that have established themselves in academic, policy, and commercial research. It will help you explore what audience members do with the media, how they make sense of the media, and how the media may influence social affairs from the micro to the macro level.

About the Author:

Kim Schroder is Professor at the Centre for User-Oriented Communication Research, Roskilde University, Denmark. Kirsten Drotner is Professor at the Centre for Media Studies, University of Southern Denmark. Stephen Kline is Professor at the School of Communication, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada. Catherine Murray is Associate Professor at the School of Communication, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada.

Review:

'An enormously knowledgeable, highly detailed and well-exemplified study of the several traditions of research that have historically helped form audience studies...an exceptionally valuable book.' Particip@tions