Forthcoming Communication Research Methods Books

Forthcoming Books

1. The Routledge International Handbook of Children, Adolescents and Media

   Edited by Dafna Lemish

   The roles that media play in the lives of children and adolescents, as well as their potential implications for their cognitive, emotional, social and behavioral development, have attracted growing research attention in a variety of disciplines. The Routledge International Handbook of Children,...

   To Be Published May 14th 2013 by Routledge
2. Effective Risk Communication

   Edited by Joseph Arvai, Louie Rivers

   Series: Earthscan Risk in Society

   Drawing on the experience of leading risk researchers and practitioners, the book examines risk communication in research and in practice and explores how to make it more effective in future. Beginning with reflections on the evolution of risk communication, the book presents the seminal papers on...

   To Be Published June 6th 2013 by Routledge
3. Methods for Analyzing Social Media

   Edited by Klaus Bredl, Julia Hünniger, Jakob Linaa Jensen

   Social media is becoming increasingly attractive for users. It is a fast way to communicate ideas and a key source of information. It is therefore one of the most influential mediums of communication of our time and an important area for audience research. The growth of social media invites many...

   To Be Published July 7th 2013 by Routledge
4. Communication Science Theory and Research

   An Introduction to Advanced Study

   By Marina Krcmar, David Ewoldsen, Michael E Roloff, Ascan Koerner

   This volume provides a graduate-level introduction to communication science, including theory and scholarship for masters and PhD students as well as practicing scholars. The work defines communication, reviews its history, and provides a broad look at how communication research is conducted. It...

   To Be Published July 31st 2013 by Routledge
5. Researching Virtual Worlds

   Methodologies for Studying Emergent Practices

   Edited by Louise Phillips, Ursula Plesner

   Series: Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture

   This volume presents a wide range of qualitative methodological strategies which are designed to tackle and take into account the complex, emergent, and continually shifting character of Virtual Worlds. The book concentrates on the theme of emergence and phenomena in flux – on how objects are...

   To Be Published July 31st 2013 by Routledge
6. Audience Research Methodologies

   Between Innovation and Consolidation

   Edited by Geoffroy Patriarche, Helena Bilandzic, Jakob Linaa Jensen, Jelena Jurisic

   Series: Routledge Studies in European Communication Research and Education

   The transformations of people’s relationships to media contents, technologies, and institutions raise new methodological challenges for audience research. This edited volume presents cutting-edge approaches to audiences that open up new research territories, rest on creative combinations of...

   To Be Published July 31st 2013 by Routledge
7. Communication Research Methodology

   A Strategic Communication Science Approach to Applied Research Methods

   By Gary Pettey, Cheryl Campanella Bracken, Elizabeth Babin

   To Be Published September 30th 2013 by Routledge
8. Communicating Climate Change and Energy Security

   New Methods in Understanding Audiences

   By Greg Philo, Catherine Happer

   Series: Routledge New Developments in Communication and Society Research

   This book, drawing on new research conducted for the UK Energy Resource Centre (UKERC), examines the contemporary public debate on climate change and the linked issue of energy security. It analyses the key processes which affect the formation of public attitudes and understanding in these areas,...

   To Be Published October 14th 2013 by Routledge
9. Libraries, Literatures, and Archives

   Edited by Sas Mays

   Series: Routledge Studies in Library and Information Science

   Not only does the library have a long and complex history and politics, but it has an ambivalent presence in Western culture – both a site of positive knowledge and a site of error, confusion, and loss. Nevertheless, in literary studies and in the humanities, including book history, the figure of...

   To Be Published October 14th 2013 by Routledge
10. Research Methods in Health Communication

    Edited by Bryan B. Whaley

    This volume provides an overview of primary research methods as they apply to health communication inquiry. Editor Bryan B. Whaley assembles top health comm researchers to write about their primary methodological areas, offering guidance and insights for various approaches to answering research...

    To Be Published October 31st 2013 by Routledge