Qualitative Communication Research Methods (Current Communication) - Hardcover

Lindlof, Thomas R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 080393517X ISBN 13: 9780803935174

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1994

Synopsis

This text explains the methods, conceptual sources, and standards of qualitative inquiry for communication students. It provides a comprehensive treatment of the full range of qualitative communication research and offers an up-to-date review of the best work being done in the area, with examples of published work in the field to illustrate how studies are designed, carried out, written, evaluated and applied to theory.

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About the Author

Thomas R. Lindlof is a professor in the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Kentucky.  His research and teaching interests focus on the cultural analysis of mediated communication, media audience theory and research, and qualitative research methodology. His research has appeared in numerous scholarly outlets, including Communication Research, Journal of Communication, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Journalism Quarterly, Journalism Studies, Social Science Computer Review, and Communication Yearbook. He has served as the editor of the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media. He has written or edited six books, including Qualitative Communication Research Methods (with Bryan C. Taylor) and Hollywood under Siege: Martin Scorsese, the Religious Right, and the Culture Wars.  In 2011 he received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Broadcast Education Association.  He currently resides in Austin, Texas.

Review

There are not many textbooks available (if any) that can match [this book s] intelligence. --Elizabeth M. Lozano (10/08/2010)"

" The use of examples from media and communication exhibit a very wide reading of the discipline. The writers do a great job keeping up with current technologies that assist in qualitative inquiry! "--John R. Baldwin (10/08/2010)"

The use of examples from media and communication exhibit a very wide reading of the discipline. The writers do a great job keeping up with current technologies that assist in qualitative inquiry! --John R. Baldwin (10/08/2010)"

"There are not many textbooks available (if any) that can match [this book's] intelligence."--Elizabeth M. Lozano (10/08/2010)

"The use of examples from media and communication exhibit a very wide reading of the discipline. The writers do a great job keeping up with current technologies that assist in qualitative inquiry!" --John R. Baldwin (10/08/2010)

-There are not many textbooks available (if any) that can match [this book's] intelligence.---Elizabeth M. Lozano (10/08/2010)

-The use of examples from media and communication exhibit a very wide reading of the discipline. The writers do a great job keeping up with current technologies that assist in qualitative inquiry!- --John R. Baldwin (10/08/2010)

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 080393517X
• ISBN 13: 9780803935174
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 328