03175nam a2200361Ia 4500 20260803094251.0 251212s2024 xx 000 0 und d Introducing communication research : paths of inquiry / Donald Treadwell. Treadwell, Donald Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc, 2024. Fifth edition xxviii, 317 pages: 25 cm Includes bibliographic references and index 9781071886649 Communication research methodology. Research methods. CIR 302.2 T7101 2024 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 HED6808 in English College Library Foumndations: The Ideas that Shape Our Research -- Getting Started: From Inspiration to Implementation -- Ethics: Our Responsibilities as Researchers -- Resources: Reading, Recording and Reviewing Research -- Measurement: Research Using Numbers -- Sampling: Who, What and How Many? -- Statistics: Choosing and Using Quantitative Tools -- Surveys: Putting Numbers on Opinions -- Experiments: Researching Cause and Effects -- Content Analysis I: Quantitative Understandings of Words and Images -- Observation: Qualitative Understanding of Behaviors and Attitudes -- Now What? Reporting and Presenting Research Results "Welcome to communication research. Probably you are studying communication because you are attracted to its career or practice potential in some form-gamer, blogger, influencer, or public opinion researcher perhaps-or because some aspect of human communication such as interpersonal relationships, group performance, or virtual characters in virtual worlds has you intrigued and wanting to know more. This text introduces the "wanting to know more" side of communication with some emphasis on how research ties into the world of practice or applied communication. Ultimately, research is nothing more than a quest for answers but for both scholarly research and applied communication some answers are better or more dependable than others. In both cases, research must be able to stand up to criticism and questioning if it is to be useful. The generic questions that probe and test for well-planned and implemented research have much in common with the basic questions that journalists ask, and with the questions we should ask of any media content-especially in this era of misinformation and disinformation. Who did it? Why did they do it? When did they do it? Where did they do it? How did they do it? What happened? The answers to the first four questions will generally be self-apparent in research reports. Typically, you will find that scholars or practitioners (who) did the research for pragmatic or theoretical reasons (why). The date (when) and location of the study (where) will also be apparent"--Provided by publisher. 0 tex unmediated volume lcc BK dsolimen 2024-12-19 15:24:23 dsolimen 2024-12-19 15:24:23 13171 13043 13043 0 0 ddc 0 0 HED HED HED 2025-12-21 0 CIR 302.2 T7101 2024 HED6808 2026-06-02 00:00:00 2025-12-21 BK