Using an engaging how-to approach that draws from scholarship, real life, and popular culture, this textbook, now in its fourth edition, offers students practical reasons why they should care about research methods and offers a practical guide for conducting research.
Explaining quantitative, qualitative, critical, and performance research methods, this new edition helps students better grasp the theoretical and applied uses of method by clearly illustrating practical applications. The book features all the main research traditions in communication, including applications of the methods through effective examples and exercises, and sample student papers that demonstrate research methods in action.
This textbook is perfect for beginning and advanced scholars using critical, cultural, interpretive, qualitative, quantitative, rhetorical, and performance research methods.
Additional resources for students and instructors can be found on the eResource at www.routledge.com/9781032557380, which includes links, videos, outlines, activities, recommended readings, test questions, and more.
Author: Stephen Michael Croucher,Daniel Cronn-Mills
Publisher: Routledge
Publish Date: 2025
Edition: 4
ISBN: 1032557389
ISBN 13: 9781032557380
Dimension: Length: 7 inches, Width: 0.71 inches, Height: 10 inches
Weight: Weight: 1.3007273458 pounds
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 333
Using an engaging how-to approach that draws from scholarship, real life, and popular culture, this textbook, now in its fourth edition, offers students practical reasons why they should care about research methods and offers a practical guide for conducting research.
Explaining quantitative, qualitative, critical, and performance research methods, this new edition helps students better grasp the theoretical and applied uses of method by clearly illustrating practical applications. The book features all the main research traditions in communication, including applications of the methods through effective examples and exercises, and sample student papers that demonstrate research methods in action.
This textbook is perfect for beginning and advanced scholars using critical, cultural, interpretive, qualitative, quantitative, rhetorical, and performance research methods.
Additional resources for students and instructors can be found on the eResource at www.routledge.com/9781032557380, which includes links, videos, outlines, activities, recommended readings, test questions, and more.
Author: Stephen Michael Croucher,Daniel Cronn-Mills
Publisher: Routledge
Publish Date: 2025
Edition: 4
ISBN: 1032557389
ISBN 13: 9781032557380
Dimension: Length: 7 inches, Width: 0.71 inches, Height: 10 inches
Weight: Weight: 1.3007273458 pounds
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 333