Qualitative Media Analysis
- David L. Altheide - Arizona State University, USA
- Christopher J. Schneider - Brandon University, Manitoba, Canada, University of British Columbia, Canada
Navigate the wealth of media documents available to qualitative researchers today with this simple guide.
It's a great book! The students told me it was relevant and easy to read.
This text is relevant to the research interests of media-savvy undergraduates today; it is also useful for instructors and graduate students seeking more clarity on qualitative methods of inquiry with regard to media of all kinds. I intend to test it out on my next (Fall 2015) senior thesis writing class at McDaniel College.
Over the past 1.5 years, the master's of education students I work with have been collecting more online forum and discussion board for research and content analysis. So I have incorporated the book as a tool to help them refine their research questions and data collection methodologies.
Good addition to Mass Media Research. This is qualitative research oriented and my course focuses more on quantitative aspect. So this is a good source on qualitative aspect. It is not too long, so for students, it is very convenient.
too print based, not enough content involving qualitative analysis of electronic media
This is an excellent and highly accessible text. I have included it as a recommended text on my undergraduate course. But, I have had several students purchase the book for use with in their third year dissertation research. This method of qualitative inquiry seems to be increasingly attractive to students and I anticipate students utilising this extent with increasing frequency in coming years. I would consider it an essential text for students using this methodology.
