TY - BOOK AU - Berger,Arthur Asa TI - Media and communication research methods: an introduction to qualitative and quantitative approaches AV - P 91.3 .B385 2016 PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - SAGE Publications, KW - Mass media KW - Research KW - Methodology KW - Communication N1 - 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 ER -