Designed to serve as a comprehensive, primary text for research methods courses in advertising and/or public relations programs, this book concentrates on the uses and applications of research in advertising and public relations situations. The authors' goal is to provide the information needed by future practitioners to commission and apply research to their work problems in advertising and public relations.

Thisbook provides simple explanations of advertising media sources and calculations along with real-world examples of source material from advertising and media companies.
Each of the book's 45 concise units opens with a brief text segment, presents sample source materials from actual advertising and media companies, and concludes with hands-on exercises. Compact unitscoverall key topics including communication planningand media strategies.A media math primer, standard media formulae, media planning checklists, and a glossary of media terms are also included.
Designed for practitioners and...