1st Edition

Methods of Historical Analysis in Electronic Media

Edited By Donald G. Godfrey Copyright 2006
430 Pages
by Routledge

430 Pages
by Routledge

432 Pages
by Routledge

Methods of Historical Analysis in Electronic Media provides a foundation for historical research in electronic media by addressing the literature and the methods--traditional and the eclectic methods of scholarship as applied to electronic media. It is about history--broadcast electronic media history and history that has been broadcast, and also about the historiography, research written, and... Read more
Contents: Preface. Part I: Traditional Historiography. D.G. Godfrey, Researching Electronic Media History. L.M. Benjamin, Historical Evidence: Facts, Proof, and Probability. M.D. Murray, Oral History Records. M.E. Beadle, Visual Evidence. Part II: Eclectic Methods in History. K.H. Youm, Legal Methods in History of Electronic Media. J. Armstrong, Applying Critical Theory to Electronic Media History. R.K. Avery, Quantitative Methods in Broadcast History. Part III: A New Look at Electronic Media. M.C. Keith, A Survey of Cultural Studies in Radio. C. Allen, Television Broadcast Records. M.R. Bensman, New Media and Technical Records. Part IV: New Perspectives in Topical Issues. R.A. Lind, Understanding the Historical Context of Race and Gender in Electronic Media. T. Larson, Local Broadcasting History Research Methods. D. Cressman, Exploring Biography. Part V: For the Record... C. Howell, Dealing With the Archive Records. C.H. Sterling, Assessing the Record: A Century of Historical Research. Appendix: Adapting Historical Citations to APA Style.

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Donald G. Godfrey