Analyzing Media Messages Using Quantitative Content Analysis in Research,Daniel Riffe, Stephen Lacy, Brendan R. Watson, and Frederick Fico

-About this book

Analyzing Media Messages provides a comprehensive and comprehensible guide to conducting content analysis research. It establishes a formal definition of quantitative content analysis; gives step-by-step instruction on designing a content analysis study; and explores in depth research questions that recur in content analysis, in such areas as measurement, sampling, reliability, data analysis, validity, and technology. This Second Edition maintains the concise, accessible approach of the first edition while offering an updated discussion and new examples. The goal of this resource is to make content analysis understandable, and to produce a useful guide for novice and experienced researchers alike.

Accompanied by detailed, practical examples of current and classic applications, this volume is appropriate for use as a primary text for content analysis coursework, or as a supplemental text in research methods courses. It is also an indispensable reference for researchers in mass communication fields, political science, and other social and behavioral sciences.

-Contents
Preface viii
1-Introduction 
2-Defining Content Analysis as a Social Science Tool 
3-Computers and Content Analysis
4-Measurement
5-Sampling 
6-Reliability 
7-Validity
8-Designing a Content Analysis 
9-Data Analysis 
Appendix: Reporting Standards for Content
Analysis Articles
References 

-caractéristiques

Date de parution : quatrieme édition  2019

Éditeur : Routledge;

Langue : Anglais

NB.de pages : 224 pages

ISBN-10 : 0805852980

ISBN-13 : 978-0805852981

Poids de l’article : 363 g

Dimensions : 15.88 x 1.91 x 23.5 cm