Qualitative Communication Research Methods
Third Edition
By Thomas R. Lindlof, professor of journalism and telecommunications at the University of Kentucky, and Bryan C. Taylor, professor and chair of communication at CU
Sage Communications
This book is the only guide dedicated to qualitative research methods in communication. It introduces readers to every step of the qualitative research process, from developing research topics and questions, through writing a final report. In addition to covering the theories and methods currently used in qualitative communication research, the authors also discuss important trends influencing the future of that research.
Through a clearer and more direct writing style, and providing more examples and exercises, the authors have made the new edition accessible to both undergraduate and graduate students
Provides a guide to the current contexts of qualitative research: Addresses contemporary ethical, political and practical issues students will face, including the influences of globalization on research; use of recording technology in fieldwork; the challenges and opportunities related to studying multi-media, online environments, and ongoing debates on the formats of qualitative writing
The book includes a new chapter on analyzing material culture and documents: Together with updated discussions of participant-observation and interviewing, the book now provides integrated coverage on data-producing methods, showing how fieldwork methods can successfully be combined
The book also addresses current technological developments: shows students how “new” media–such as e-mail, texting, cell phone video and blogging–are not only topics of research, but also the means of collecting and analyzing data
It provides an updated review of communication theories used by qualitative researchers: includes new discussions of actor network theory, critical race theory, social constructionism, structuration and postcolonialism
“There are not many textbooks available (if any) that can match [this book’s] intelligence.”
By Thomas R. Lindlof, professor of journalism and telecommunications at the University of Kentucky, and Bryan C. Taylor, professor and chair of communication at CU
Sage Communications
This book is the only guide dedicated to qualitative research methods in communication. It introduces readers to every step of the qualitative research process, from developing research topics and questions, through writing a final report. In addition to covering the theories and methods currently used in qualitative communication research, the authors also discuss important trends influencing the future of that research.
Through a clearer and more direct writing style, and providing more examples and exercises, the authors have made the new edition accessible to both undergraduate and graduate students
Provides a guide to the current contexts of qualitative research: Addresses contemporary ethical, political and practical issues students will face, including the influences of globalization on research; use of recording technology in fieldwork; the challenges and opportunities related to studying multi-media, online environments, and ongoing debates on the formats of qualitative writing
The book includes a new chapter on analyzing material culture and documents: Together with updated discussions of participant-observation and interviewing, the book now provides integrated coverage on data-producing methods, showing how fieldwork methods can successfully be combined
The book also addresses current technological developments: shows students how “new” media–such as e-mail, texting, cell phone video and blogging–are not only topics of research, but also the means of collecting and analyzing data
It provides an updated review of communication theories used by qualitative researchers: includes new discussions of actor network theory, critical race theory, social constructionism, structuration and postcolonialism
“There are not many textbooks available (if any) that can match [this book’s] intelligence.”
—Elizabeth M. Lozano, Loyola University of Chicago