Product Description

'Crammed with useful advice delivered in a straight-forward, no nonsense approach this text helps students to get off the starting blocs.... I recommend that all media dissertation students begin their project with it' - Simon Cottle, University of Melbourne

How to do Media and Cultural Studies provides an essential student guide to the process of research and writing. Aimed at any student about to start on an extended essay or dissertation it covers all the key stages - from formulating a research question to writing up.

How to do Media and Cultural Studies:

- Covers both quantitative and qualitative methods

- Includes separate chapters of how to analyze media and cultural texts, industries and audiences

- Works through a series of key examples of media and cultural research

- Includes a list of useful library resources and essential web sites

Suitable for use as a coursebook, this book can also be used independently by students. No other book provides such an accessible and practical guide. How to do Media and Cultural Studies is an essential purchase for all media, communication, film and cultural studies students.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #272073 in Books
• Published on: 2002-10-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 198 pages

Review
'Crammed with useful advice delivered in a straight-forward, no nonsense approach this text helps students to get off the starting blocs.... I recommend that all media dissertation students begin their project with it' - Simon Cottle, University of Melbourne

Customer Reviews

A MUST HAVE book for students in media/cultural studies!
This is the book that students in media and cultural studies have been waiting for. It is the first book of its kind to answer all the key questions faced by students - at both undergraduate and graduate level - who are embarking on a dissertation or research in the field. The book is totally accessible and easy to understand, though it deals with quite complex subject matter. The examples are excellent and numerous and the author has a readable and enjoyable way with words. All the major research areas within media and cultural studies are included along with information about useful archives and web sites. Every student who is involved in research in these broad and popular fields will find the book invaluable.