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How to Do Media and Cultural Studies
Contributor(s): Stokes, Jane (Author)

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ISBN: 1526427753     ISBN-13: 9781526427755
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
OUR PRICE: $59.85  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2021
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BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" L (1.28 lbs) 336 pages
 
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If any book can relieve anxieties about actually doing research, this is it. Accessible, informed, and incredibly useful.
- Professor Simon Cottle, School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University

The best book available for students facing up to the challenge of writing a dissertation about media and communication.
- Professor Graham Meikle, School of Media and Communication, University of Westminster

A favourite with both students and researchers, How to Do Media and Cultural Studies provides you with all the knowledge and practical expertise you need to carry out your project or dissertation. Giving you hands-on guidance on managing the whole process, Jane Stokes:
  • Shows you how to identify a topic and create a research question.
  • Guides you through the research process, from getting started through to writing-up.
  • Explores a range of case studies, showing you how methods have been applied by others to research media audiences, industries and texts.
  • Adds a new chapter exploring the use of mixed methods and research by practice.

This best-selling book continues to inspire students and researchers worldwide. It is an indispensable introduction to the theory, methods and practice of media and cultural studies today.


Contributor Bio(s): Stokes, Jane: - Jane's interest in the media can be traced back to her days working on the student television station while studying English Literature at Sussex University. She has an MA in Film and Television Studies from the University of Westminster where Jane began teaching Media Studies in 1984. She moved to Los Angeles in 1989 to study for a PhD in Communication Theory and Research at the Annenberg School of Communication, USC. Jane has made research methods a teaching specialism, blending American and European approaches to communication, media and cultural studies. Jane has taught at the University of Kent at Canterbury, London South Bank University and London Metropolitan University; she is currently Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at the University of East London.
 
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