1st Edition
Research Methods in Health Communication Principles and Application
METHOD MATTERS
Teresa L. Thompson, Louis P. Cusella, Brian G. Southwell
EXPLORATON AND DESCRIPTION
Interview/Focus Group
Erin E. Donovan, Laura E. Miller, Daena J. Goldsmith
Case Study
Leigh Arden Ford, Mindi Ann Golden, Eileen Berlin Ray
Ethnography
Laura E. Ellingson, William K. Rawlins
Surveys
Susan E. Morgan, Nicholas L. Carcioppolo
EXAMINING MESSAGES AND INTERPERSONAL EXCHANGES
Narrative Analysis
Jill Yamasaki, Barbara F. Sharf, Lynn M. Harter
Conversation Analysis
Christopher J. Koenig, Jeffrey D. Robinson
Analyzing Physician-Patient Interactions
Robert A. Bell, Richard L. Kravitz
Social Network Analysis
Rachel A. Smith
Content Analysis
Yan Tian, James D. Robinson
CAUSAL EXPLICATION
Experimental
Christopher R. Morse, Bryant University, Brian L. Quick, Julie E. Volkman, Edith Nourse, Bryan B. Whaley
Meta-Analysis
Seth M. Noar, Leslie B. Snyde
Meta-Synthesis
Anne M. Stone, Aaron T. Seaman
CULTURAL, POPULATION, AND CRITICAL CONCERNS
Rhetorical Methods and Criticism
Ashli Quesinberry Stokes
Methodological Issues: Stigmatized Populations
Kathryn L. Greene, Magsamen-Conrad
Methodological Issues: Health Disparities
Lisa Sparks, Michelle Miller-Day
METHOD REFLECTIONS
Joan A. Jurich, Austin S. Babrow, Lindsey M. Rose, Spencer D. Patterson
Biography
Bryan B. Whaley (Ph.D., Purdue University) is Professor of Communication, and Clinical Research Associate in the School of Nursing and Health Professions at University of San Francisco. His research concerns linguistic factors related to explaining illness and complex health-related information, the function and design of interpersonal messages to patients, and language/message variables in social influence.
