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Ethics and Law
- Sage Guide to Key Issues in Mass Media Ethics and LawTwo-volume set (2015) contains over 50 essays on "key contentious issues and legal precedents, noting current ethical and legal trends and likely future directions." You may preview the contents.
- Social Media and the Law: A Guidebook for Communication Students and Professionals2017 volumes essays on such topics as privacy and defamation, policies for journalism, public relations, and advertising, and more. You may preview the contents.
- International Encyclopedia of EthicsNine-volume set, published in 2013, contains 700 alphabetically-arranged entries.
- Gale Encyclopedia of American LawLargest available legal encyclopedia, 3rd edition (2010) consists of 14 volumes and includes nearly 5,000 alphabetically-arranged entries. Updated by American Law Yearbook.
- Ethical Choices in Research: Managing Data, Writing Reports, and Publishing Results in the Social Sciences2016 guides reviews such topics as confidentiality, fraud, responsibility, intellectual property, and the publication process.
- Handbook of Ethics in Quantitative Methodology2011 volume offers a "practical, interdisciplinary review of ethical issues as they relate to quantitative methodology including how to present evidence for reliability and validity, what comprises an adequate tested population, and what constitutes scientific knowledge for eliminating biases."
Mass Communications and Media
- APA Handbook of Nonverbal Communication This 2016 volume contains over 20 reviews of topics in nonverbal communication and nonverbal behaviors.
- Handbook of Media and Mass Communication Theory 2014 "collection of original essays that focus on all aspects of current and classic theories and practices relating to media and mass communication."
The International Encyclopedia of Media Effects by
The International Encyclopedia of Media Effects presents a comprehensive collection of the most up-to-date research on the uses and impacts of media throughout the world. Provides the definitive resource on the most recent findings of media effects research Covers all aspects of the uses and impact of media, utilizing empirical, psychological, and critical research approaches to the field Features over 200 entries contributed by leading international scholars in their associated fields Offers invaluable insights to for students, scholars and professionals studying and working in related fields, and will stimulate new scholarship in emerging fields such as the Internet, Social Media and Mobile Communication Part of The Wiley Blackwell-ICA International Encyclopedias of Communication series, published in conjunction with the International Communication Association. Online version available at Wiley Online Library.
Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781118784044Publication Date: 2017
The International Encyclopedia of Media Studies, 7 Volume Set by
... Global in scope, wide-ranging in its inclusion of topics, and edited by an international team of the world's best scholars, this is the definitive resource for the field. Arranged across 7 thematic volumes - each of which features an accessible introduction exploring key themes - edited by an international team of expert scholars Explores media as it is being practiced, produced, and analyzed in Asia, Africa, the Americas, Australia, and Europe Probes the many dimensions of the subject: history, production, content, audiences, methodologies, effects, and futures.
Call Number: EbookISBN: 1118733568Publication Date: 2014
Social Media Communication by
... Examining platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube, the book analyzes social media's use in journalism, public relations, advertising and marketing. Lipschultz focuses on key concepts, best practices, data analyses, law and ethics - all promoting the critical thinking that is needed to use new, evolving and maturing networking tools effectively within social and mobile media spaces ...
Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781032251776Publication Date: 2023
Methods and Statistics
- Encyclopedia of Social MeasurementOver 300 signed articles in this database (published 2005) cover the data, techniques, theories, designs, applications, histories, and implications of assigning numerical values to social phenomena. You may preview the table of contents.
- Encyclopedia of Survey Research MethodsTwo-volume set, published in 2008, contains about 600 signed entries covering "major facets of survey research methodology..."
- Sage Handbook of Interview ResearchSecond edition (2012) begins with an "overview of the history and conceptual transformations of the interview, which is followed by chapters that discuss the main components of interview practice." [ Preview ]
The SAGE Handbook of Survey Methodology by
The SAGE Handbook of Survey Methodology explores both the increasingly scientific endeavour of surveys and their growing complexity, as different data collection modes and information sources are combined.
Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781446282663Publication Date: 2016
- Improving Survey Methods: Lessons from Recent Research2014 review of "recent developments in survey research." You may preview the contents.
- Quantitative and Statistical Research Methods: From Hypothesis to ResultsTeaches how "to understand and apply procedural steps in completing quantitative studies. It explains statistics while progressing through the steps of the hypothesis-testing process from hypothesis to results."
- Statistics Translated : A Step-by-Step Guide to Analyzing and Interpreting Data2012 volume discusses "how the most common statistical tools can be used to answer interesting real-world questions." You may preview the contents.