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Communication

Begin your research on communication, mass media, and related fields using the best indexes, databases, and reference works selected by the subject librarian.
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Internet resource(s)

  • International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)
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    This organization has a goal of stimulating interest in media and communication research.

Keeping up with the journal literature

Want an easy way to keep up with the journal literature for all facets of Communication? And you use a mobile device? You can install the BrowZine app and create a custom Bookshelf of your favorite journal titles. Then you will get the Table of Contents (ToCs) of your favorite journals automatically delivered to you when they become available. Once you have the ToC's you can download and read the articles you want.

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Don't own or use a mobile device? You can still use BrowZine! It's now available in a web version. You can get to it here. The web version works the same way as the app version. Find the journals you like, create a custom Bookshelf, get ToCs and read the articles you want.

In the Library Collections

This page points you to resources to better understand how research and methodology work in Communications.

The following are subject headings you can use in the online catalog to find books and other items on Communication research. The call number range for these subjects is P 90 through P 93 on Baker Stack Level 3.

  • communication research
  • communication methodology
  • content analysis (communication)

Introductory reading(s)

  • Cover artAnalyzing media messages: using quantitative content analysis in research by Daniel Riffe; Stephen Lacy; Brendan R. Watson; Jennette Lovejoy
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    • E-Book
    Call Number: eBook
    ISBN: 9781032264677
    A succinct and approachable guide to the fundamentals of quantitative content analysis for media and communication studies research. Content analysis is a key research method in the field of media and communication research and is either taught as part of a comprehensive research methods course or as an advanced course on its own. This text provides the core essential knowledge and techniques for content analysis research while being shorter and less expensive than its key competitors.
  • Cover artDe-westernizing communication research: altering questions and changing frameworks by Georgette Wang, ed.
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    Call Number: Baker-Berry P 91.3 .D49 2011
    ISBN: 9780415575454
    The rise of postmodern theories and pluralist thinking has paved the way for multicultural approaches to communication studies and now is the time for decentralization, de-Westernization, and differentiation.
  • Cover artA handbook of media and communication research: qualitative and quantitative methodologies by Klaus Bruhn Jensen, ed.
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    Call Number: Baker-Berry P 91.3 .H35 2012
    ISBN: 9780415609661
    A Handbook of Media and Communication Research presents qualitative as well as quantitative approaches to the study of media and communication, integrating perspectives from both the social sciences and the humanities.
  • Cover artMedia and communication research methods: an introduction to qualitative and quantitative approaches by Arthur Asa Berger
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    Call Number: Baker-Berry P 91.3 .B385 2011
    ISBN: 9781412987776
    In this book, Arthur Asa Berger employs his signature style - a practical focus, the use of numerous examples, a step-by-step approach, and humor - to update this introductory text. Combining discussions of both qualitative and quantitative research methods, in a clear and engaging writing style, the book is ideal for beginning research students at both graduate and undergraduate level.
  • Cover artResearching communications: a practical guide to methods in media and cultural analysis by David Deacon; Michael Pickering; Peter Golding; Graham Murdock
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    Call Number: Baker-Berry P 90 .R376 2007
    ISBN: 9780340926994
    Researching Communications provides a practical, authoritative, step-by-step guide to media and communications studies students taking courses in communications research.
  • Cover artRoutledge handbook of applied communication research by Kenneth N. Cissna; Lawrence R. Frey, eds.
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    Call Number: Baker-Berry P 91.3 .R68 2009
    ISBN: 9780805849837
    The Routledge Handbook of Applied Communication Research provides a state-of-the-art review of communication scholarship that addresses real-world concerns, issues, and problems. This comprehensive examination of applied communication research, including its foundations, research methods employed, significant issues confronted, important contexts in which such research has been conducted, and overviews of some exemplary programs of applied communication research, shows how such research has and can make a difference in the world and in people's lives. ...

Selected book title(s)

  • Cover artCommunication research methods by Gerianne Merrigan, Carole L. Huston, and Russell Johnston
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    Call Number: Baker-Berry P 91.3 .M47 2012
    ISBN: 9780195442793
    Communication Research Methods introduces students to the what, why, and how of research in the field of communication studies. In accessible terms, the authors walk readers through the theoretical and practical aspects of a research project, from making claims about topics in need of investigation to designing valid methods for collecting and analyzing data to reporting findings.
  • Cover artThe content analysis reader by Klaus Krippendorff, Mary Angela Bock, eds.
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    Call Number: Baker-Berry P 93 .C65 2009
    ISBN: 9781412949668
    Content Analysis Reader presents a collection of studies that exemplify what content analysts do and how they solve problems in applying this methodology to answer a variety of research questions. The assembly of historical and current studies from a variety of disciplines, allows readers to learn the process of conducting content analysis research. ...
  • Cover artPractising science communication in the information age: theorizing professional practices by Richard Holliman; Jeff Thomas; Sam Smidt; Eileen Scanlon; Elizabeth Whitelegg, eds.
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry Q 223 .P73 2009
    ISBN: 9780199552672
    What is the impact of open access on science communication? How can scientists effectively engage and interact with the public? What role can science communication have when scientific controversies arise? Practising Science Communication in the Information Age is a collection of newly-commissioned chapters by leading scholars and practitioners of science communication. It considers how scientists communicate with each other as part of their professional practice, critically evaluating how this forms the basis of the documenting of scientific knowledge, and investigating how open access publication and open review are influencing current practices. ...
  • Cover artRethinking communication: keywords in communication research by Stuart Allan, ed.
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry P 91 .R442 2010
    ISBN: 9781572739574
    To observe that certain words are central to communication research is to prompt interesting questions about their influence. In taking such key words--or keywords--as its organising theme, this book invites a careful reconsideration of several premises underpinning the vocabulary we use to document, describe and critique the world around us. Under close scrutiny here is a selection of keywords--including aesthetics, authenticity, citizenship, city, communication, difference, discourse, effects, framing, identity, message, public sphere, technology and urban, among others--criss-crossing the terrain of the field in a manner that is subtly complex and consistently intriguing. ...

Finding articles on research and methodology

You can find communication literature in many publications. You can use a specific, subject index such as Communication & Mass Media Commplete (CMMC) to find articles. Listed below are a couple of relevant journals. You can also use the search box at the top of the page or search using Web of Science.

Finding scholarly articles & journal titles

  • Issue cover artCommunication reports by Western States Communication Association (WSCA)
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    Call Number: Electronic journal
    The journal publishes original manuscripts that are short, data/text-based, and related to the broadly defined field of human communication. The mission of the journal is to showcase exemplary scholarship without censorship based on topics, methods, or analytical tools. Articles that are purely speculative or theoretical, and not data analytic, are not appropriate for this journal. Authors are expected to devote a substantial portion of the manuscript to analyzing and reporting research data. ...
  • Issue cover artCommunication research by SAGE Publications
    • On Campus or VPN
    Call Number: Electronic journal
    Communication Research publishes articles that explore the processes, antecedents, and consequences of communication in a broad range of societal systems.
  • Journal logoCommunication research trends by the Centre for the Study of Communication and Culture
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    Call Number: Electronic journal
    Each issue contains a review essay and related book reviews.
  • Issue cover artHuman communication research by the International Communication Association (ICA)
    • On Campus or VPN
    Call Number: Electronic journal
    Human Communication Research concentrates on presenting the best empirical work in the area of human communication. The journal works to advance understanding of human symbolic processes with a strong emphasis on theory-driven research, the development of new theoretical models in communication, and the development of innovative methods for observing and measuring communication behavior.
  • Resource logoCommunication & mass media complete (CMMC) by Ebsco
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    • Database
    Call Number: Electronic resource
    This is the main article index for the field of Communications and Mass Media.
  • Resource logoThe web of science citation databases by ISI (Institute for Scientific Information)
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    • Database
    Call Number: Electronic resource
    The online version of 3 separate ISI indexes: Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index and, Social Sciences Citation Index.
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