How to Do Media and Cultural Studies
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Sage Publications Ltd
Published:29th Apr '21
Should be back in stock very soon
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback£113.00(9781526427748)
A favourite with both students and lecturers, How to Do Media and Cultural Studies provides readers with all the knowledge and practical expertise they need to carry out their project or dissertation. Giving them hands-on guidance on managing the whole process, Jane Stokes:
- Shows students how to identify a topic and create a research question
- Guides them through the research process, from getting started through to writing-up
- Explores a range a case studies, showing how methods have been applied by others
Expanded and updated throughout, this 3rd edition now includes:
- Increased coverage of digital media, social media and internet research
- More practical exercises to help you tie media and cultural theory to your work
- New guidance on understanding research ethics
- New guidance on mixing and combining methods
How to Do Media and Cultural Studies has inspired thousands of students and researchers to understand why studying media texts, industries and audiences is so important. It is an ideal companion for anyone conducting a research project.
This no nonsense, up-to-the-moment text cuts-to the-chase about how to conduct a research study. Jane Stokes effortlessly and expertly takes the reader by the hand and walks them through the principles, methods and practices of executing ′good′ media and cultural studies. If any book can relieve anxieties about actually doing research this is it. Accessible, informed, incredibly useful. -- Professor Simon Cottle
This is the best book available for students facing up to the challenge of writing a dissertation about media and communication. Jane Stokes introduces a wide range of methods for researching audiences, industries and texts, and guides the student through detailed discussion of well-chosen case studies and examples. -- Professor Graham Meikle
ISBN: 9781526427755
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 590g
336 pages
3rd Revised edition