Media and Communication Research Methods: An Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches

Berger, Arthur Asa

ISBN 10: 1412987776 / ISBN 13: 9781412987776

Published by SAGE Publications, Inc, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Media and Communication Research Methods: An Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1412987776
• ISBN 13: 9781412987776
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

In this new edition, Arthur Asa Berger employs his signature style—a practical focus, the use of numerous examples, a step-by-step approach, and humor—to update and enhance this bestselling introductory text. Combining discussions of qualitative and quantitative research methods with a clear and engaging writing style, the book is ideal for beginning research students at both the graduate and undergraduate level.

About the Author

Arthur Asa Berger is professor emeritus of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts at San Francisco State University, where he taught between 1965 and 2003. He has published more than 100 articles, numerous book reviews, and more than 60 books. Among his latest books are Media Analysis Techniques, Fourth Edition (2012), The Academic Writer’s Toolkit: A User’s Manual (2008), What Objects Mean: An Introduction to Material Culture (2009), Bali Tourism (2013), Tourism in Japan: An Ethno-Semiotic Analysis (2010), The Culture Theorist’s Book of Quotations (2010), and The Objects of Our Affection: Semiotics and Consumer Culture (2010). He has also written a number of academic mysteries such as Durkheim is Dead: Sherlock Holmes is Introduced to Sociological Theory (2003) and Mistake in Identity: A Cultural Studies Murder Mystery (2005). His books have been translated into nine languages.