Andy Ruddock

Exploring Media Research

Theories, Practice, and Purpose

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

From Donald Trump s use of Twitter, to social media mourning, to cyber-bullying: the evidence of media influence today is all around us. As such, good media research is more important than ever, and crucially, is something all students can and should do.

Exploring Media Research is an eye-opening exploration of what it means to understand and do media research today.
Carefully balancing theory and practice, Andy Ruddock demystifies the process, showing you don t need huge amounts of time or money to do meaningful media analysis. The book:
Introduces students to the scope and seriousness of media influence Shows them how to tie their own interests to academic concepts and research issues Explains how to use this understanding to develop proper research questions Translates key theoretical concepts into actual research methods students can use to explore the media texts, events, markets and professionals that interest them.
Bringing theory to life throughout with a range of contemporary case studies, Exploring Media Research is a thoughtful and practical guide to gathering and analysing media data. It is essential reading for students of media, communication and cultural studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd / Sage Publications
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 665g
• ISBN-13: 9781473902534
• ISBN-10: 1473902533
• Artikelnr.: 48767310

Autorenporträt

Andy Ruddock lectures in Communications and Media Studies at Monash University. He has authored four books on researching media influence. Andy is known for his work on Cultivation Theory. He has published over 50 book chapters and journal articles, applying this theory to media violence, gaming, reality TV, political celebrity pornography, drug and alcohol abuse, sport and media education. Andy is currently writing Cultivation Theory and Digital Media Challenges. This new book details the history of cultivation theory and explains its relevance to contemporary "isms"; activism, sexism, Trumpism, and extremism.

Inhaltsangabe

PART 1: RESEARCH PRINCIPLES: MOTIVATION, CAUSATION, ETHICS AND GENERALIZABILITY
Introduction: Communicating Media Research
Chapter 1: Making Media Matter
Chapter 2: Making Media Matter to You
Chapter 3: On Causation: How do media 'do' things?
Chapter 4: Practising Ethics in Media Research
Chapter 5: What is 'Generalisability' in Media Research?
PART 2: UNDERSTANDING MEDIA RESEARCH: FRAMING GENERAL QUESTIONS
Chapter 6: Researching Media Reality
Chapter 7: Researching Media's Role in Social Life
Chapter 8: Researching the Synthesis of Media and Interpersonal Communication
PART 3: DOING MEDIA RESEARCH: PEOPLE, MARKETS, TEXTS, EVENTS, USERS, AUDIENCES, POLICY
Chapter 9: Researching Media People: Journalism, Oral History and Archives
Chapter 10: Researching Media Markets: A Cultural Industries View on Pornography
Chapter 11: Researching Media Content: Games, Texts and Discourse
Chapter 12: Researching Media Events
Chapter 13: Big Data: How Can We Use It?
Chapter 14: Researching Media Policy
Chapter 15: Researching Audiences
Conclusion: Historicising Media Research - and the People who Do It

Rezensionen

In Exploring Media Research, Andy Ruddock provides the theoretical, methodological, and ethical tools that enable scholars, students, and citizens to dissect the cultural power of media, and to apply this understanding to the creation of a more just society. Written in a direct and accessible style, this timely and provocative book firmly establishes Ruddock as one of the premier media scholars of his generation.
Elizabeth Bird