This book is perfect for students and researchers who want to understand and carry out studies on media. Its unique feature is the comprehensive review of earlier research and guidelines for planning and executing media studies. Users who want to enhance their knowledge on media analysis and interpretation will find this handbook invaluable.

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A Handbook of Media and Communications Research presents qualitative as well as quantitative approaches to the analysis and interpretation of media, covering perspectives from both the social sciences and the humanities. The Handbook offers a comprehensive review of earlier research and a set of guidelines for how to think about, plan, and carry out studies of media in different social and cultural contexts. Divided into sections on the history, systematics and pragmatics of research, and written by internationally acknowledged specialists in each area, the Handbook will be a standard reference work for students and researchers.

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