Communication Studies: Research Issues

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• Discovering statistics using spss 3/ed byField A.
• Research Design 3/ed by Creswell J.
• Interpreting Qualitative Data:a guide to the principles of qualitative research / David Silverman.
• How to do your Reearch project :a guide to students in education and applied sciences by Thomas G
• Qualitative inquiry and research design:choosing among five approaches by Creswell J.
• Visual Methodologies :an introduction to researching with visual materials3/ed by Rose GInterpretative phenomenological analysis : ...by Jonathan A. Smith, et al.A student's Guide to Methodology:...byClough P.
•  Doing your literature review:...byJesson J.et al
• Essential research findings in counselling and psychology:...by Cooper M.
• Your Research project:designing and planning your work by Walliman N.
• An introduction to systematic reviews by Gough D. et alIntroduction to research methods in education by Punch K.
• Doing action research in your own organization 3/ed by Coghlan D.
• How to do your case study: a guide to students and researchers by Thomas G
• Researching social life by Gilbert N.
• Introducing Research Methodology:...by Flick U.Doing research in the real world by Gray D.
• Basics of  quallitative research:...by Corbin J.
• Qualitative content analysis in practice by Magrit S.
• The Practice of social research by Babbie Earl.
• Qualitative research: issues of theory,method and practice 3/ed. by Silverman D.
• Qualitative methods for health research by Judith Green
• Qualitative methods in business research  by Palvi Ericksson
• Social research: a practical introduction by Bruce Curtis
• Understanding social work research 2/ed

The following titles on above elective are available at the Balme Library:

1.Communication perspectives  on theory, Shepherd,G.J(2006)

2.A first look at communication theory,Griffin E.(2012)

3.McQuail's Mass communication theory,McQuail,D.(2010)

4.Communication theories:origins,methods and uses in the mass media,Severin,W.J.(2000)

5.Media communication:an introduction to the theory and process,Watson James,(2003)

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