Media and communication research methods : an introduction to qualitative and quantitative approaches / Arthur Asa Berger, San Francisco State University.

Revised edition of the author's Media and communication research methods, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface to the fourth edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Getting started -- What is research? -- The research process -- Methods of textual analysis -- Semiotic analysis -- Rhetorical analysis -- Ideological criticism -- Psychoanalytic criticism -- Discourse analysis -- Qualitative research methods -- Interviews -- Historical analysis -- Ethnomethodological research -- Participant observation -- Quantitative research methods -- Content analysis -- Surveys -- Experiments -- A primer on descriptive statistics -- Putting it all together -- Common thinking errors -- Writing research reports -- References -- Glossary -- Index -- About the author.