Communication Research Methods in Postmodern Culture presents communications research from a postmodern perspective while retaining key qualitative research from a postmodern perspective while rataining key qualitative and quantitative research methods. The authors clearly presents new research methods inspired by today complex cultural environtment and offer critical thinking activities and review questions to help you understand and master communication research.
Features :
• Introduced the postmodern approach to communication research while challenging you to reconsider traditional, established, and somewhat flawed research practices.
• Offer review questions and suggested activities, providing you with opportunity to reinforce your learning of research concepts and practices through practical application.
• Acquaints you with feminist methodology, an important research methodology often overlooked in most tradition methods text.
• Present the deconstruction methodology , a purely postmodern methodology useful in understanding aspects of contemporary society, including communication.