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Introducing Communication Research

Paths of Inquiry

Research Methods in Communication

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• Chapter-opening vignettes have been updated, providing a topical, student-relevant lead-in to the chapter content.
• "Examples and Insights" sections in each chapter provide a specific example of communication research or further insight on a research topic.
• "Social Media and Big Data" sections have been added to each method chapter addressing some of the implications of social media and the web for communication research.
• A completely revised Chapter 7 provides an overview of descriptive and inferential statistics.
• More coverage of visualization and artificial intelligence (AI) in reporting and presenting research has been added throughout.
• Updated end-of-chapter application exercises make use of latest research and data.
• Each method chapter has a practice-based organizing example that guides students through the practical and theoretical decisions a researcher faces when designing and implementing research.
• Ethics questions throughout facilitate discussion of research ethics in practice and promote responsible research practices.
• Learning objectives, chapter summaries, highlighted vocabulary words, and application exercises in each chapter support student learning.

Praise for the previous edition: " Introducing Communication Research is the one-stop shop for teaching communication research. It covers every fundamental an undergraduate or graduate student needs to know in a remarkably accessible style." Sandra Duhé Southern Methodist University

"This text is distinct in that it makes a large, complex topic very easy to break down for students of all abilities!" Patricia Atkinson Marist College

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Introducing Communication Research: Paths of Inquiry 5th Edition, Kindle Edition

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• Publisher SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date December 30, 2023
• Language English
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About the author.

Donald Treadwell earned his master’s degree in communication from Cornell University and his

PhD in communication and rhetoric from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

He developed and taught communication research classes in classroom and online settings

and also taught courses in organizational communication, public relations, and public relations

writing. He is the coauthor of Public Relations Writing: Principles in Practice (2nd ed., Sage,

He has published and presented research on organizational image, consumer response to

college names, health professionals’ images of AIDS, faculty perceptions of the communication

discipline, and employers’ expectations of newly hired communication graduates. His research

appears in Communication Monographs, Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, Public

Relations Review, Journal of Human Subjectivity, and Criminal Justice Ethics.

He is professor emeritus, Westfield State University, and has international consulting experience

in agricultural extension and health communication.

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• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• File size ‏ : ‎ 9221 KB
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