Over the last decade there has been a growing use of qualitative research methods in the study of social and cultural change. Incorporating theoretical insights from discourse analysis, ethnography and reception theory, such research has proved an enlightening mode of analysis. This handbook is one of the first devoted to the utilization of such methods in mass media research. It includes contributions from those at the forefront of communication studies who apply a developing methodology to media contents, contexts and audiences. Among others, Gaye Tuchman writes on news production, Dave...

This text presents an in-depth study of how television viewers around the world respond to the ever increasing mass of information available from news programmes and broadcasters. It describes and interprets the type of news available, the amount of news that viewers consume, and how it is understood in the context of everyday life. This study is based on news analysis, individual interviews and household interviews in seven countries: the United States, India, Mexico, Italy, Denmark, Israel and Belarus.

The International Encyclopedia of Communication Theory and Philosophy is the definitive single-source reference work on the subject, with state-of-the-art and in-depth scholarly reflection on key issues from leading international experts. It is available both online and in print.

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