Includes bibliographical references and index.

Approaching research : communications and contemporary life -- Dealing with documentation -- Selecting and sampling -- Asking questions -- Handling numbers -- Counting contents -- Analysing texts -- Unpacking news -- Viewing the image -- Interpreting images -- Being an observer -- Attending to talk -- Taking talk apart -- Making comparisons -- Using computers -- Beyond methodology : the what, how and why of researching communications.

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