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Practical Research Methods for Media and Cultural Studies: Making People Count
Maire Messenger Davies
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Description for Practical Research Methods for Media and Cultural Studies: Making People Count
Paperback. A simple guide to the process of conducting research in the humanities, with special reference to media and culture. Num Pages: 208 pages, 35 tables. BIC Classification: GPS; JFD; JHBC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 264.
Many very intelligent people don't like dealing with numbers. Similarly, many gifted scientists are not especially interested in studying people and their cultural behaviour. In this book, we argue that being interested in people and their cultures, and helping students and others to use numbers to pursue these interests, are not mutually exclusive. Research methods are becoming an increasingly important requirement for students of all kinds. But many students, particularly those in the humanities, struggle with concepts drawn from the social sciences and find quantitative and statistical information inaccessible and daunting. Nonetheless, such concepts are found in nearly all areas ... Read more
Many very intelligent people don't like dealing with numbers. Similarly, many gifted scientists are not especially interested in studying people and their cultural behaviour. In this book, we argue that being interested in people and their cultures, and helping students and others to use numbers to pursue these interests, are not mutually exclusive. Research methods are becoming an increasingly important requirement for students of all kinds. But many students, particularly those in the humanities, struggle with concepts drawn from the social sciences and find quantitative and statistical information inaccessible and daunting. Nonetheless, such concepts are found in nearly all areas ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748621859
SKU
V9780748621859
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About Maire Messenger Davies
Marie Messenger Davies is Professor of Media Studies and Director of the Centre for Media Research, University of Ulster. Nick Mosdell is a Lecturer at the School of Journalism in the Media & Cultural Studies Department, Cardiff University.
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