"Mixed Methods Perspectives On Communication And Social Media Research | Research Methods

Mixed Methods Perspectives on Communication and Social Media Research addresses the need for a discipline-cum-methodology-tailored book that navigates the current research spectrum of communication and social media (Comm Soc Med). It examines contemporary and relevant issues that intertwine the expansive spheres of Comm Soc Med. Authored by professionals with extensive academic and in-depth research and industry experience the book highlights research-based themes that mirror qualitative and quantitative methodologies vis-à-vis socio-cultural political educational and organisational issues and challenges. The first two sections present the mutually interwoven disciplines of Comm Soc Med where research works cover a comprehensive range of designs such as narrative analysis case study recombinant memetics discourse analysis visual semiotics ethnography content analysis feminist theory descriptive-survey descriptive-correlational model-building/testing experimental and mixed methods. The third section is a concluding segment which synthesises all the scholarly contributions in this volume. This book will serve as an authoritative reference for mixed methods research in Comm Soc Med and will be highly relevant reading for academics researchers postgraduate students and undergraduates in communication (for example instructional communication marketing communication organisational communication political communication strategic communication) social media and social sciences.|Mixed Methods Perspectives on Communication and Social Media Research | Research Methods