Qualitative Media Analysis

It’s the only “how to” book of its kind out there. -- Lisa Duke Cornell * Editorial *
It explains how to do qualitative textual analysis in a way that is laid out step-by-step, making it clear to students how to do it. -- Melissa Wall * Editorial *
It’s short and to the point, covering a lot of ground quickly. I have always been able to justify it on a syllabus because it reads well and fast, it not too expensive, and it gives novices clear guidance. Personally, I’m also 100 percent simpatico with Professor Altheide theoretically and philosophically. More important, he does make it relevant to communication theory as well as practice. -- Kim Golombisky * Editorial *
The main strength is its focus on “media”, applied researchers are rapidly shifting their attention to multiple sources of data and focusing on how people and organizations communicate. Social media is also influencing marketing and public relations activities. It IS the hot topic….helping researchers figure out how to target, capture, analyze and interpret these new forms of media is essential. -- Kay Davis * Editorial *
The key strength of Qualitative Media Analysis is that it provides students and scholars with a rigorous, social science-based, qualitative alternative to quantitative content analysis, allowing for better and deeper interpretation of media texts. The methodology outlined by Altheide is particularly useful for the examination of previously unstudied media, where no theory and/or previous data exist to inform content analysis protocols. -- Colleen Connolly-Ahern * Pre-published review *
Over the past 1.5 years, the master′s of education students I work with have been collecting more online forum and discussion board for research and content analysis. So I have incorporated the book as a tool to help them refine their research questions and data collection methodologies. -- Dr Robynn Battle * drupal *
too print based, not enough content involving qualitative analysis of electronic media -- Dr Trey Stohlman * drupal *
This is an excellent and highly accessible text. I have included it as a recommended text on my undergraduate course. But, I have had several students purchase the book for use with in their third year dissertation research. This method of qualitative inquiry seems to be increasingly attractive to students and I anticipate students utilising this extent with increasing frequency in coming years. I would consider it an essential text for students using this methodology. -- Dr Victoria Lavis * drupal *
Good addition to Mass Media Research. This is qualitative research oriented and my course focuses more on quantitative aspect. So this is a good source on qualitative aspect. It is not too long, so for students, it is very convenient. -- Jin Yang * drupal *
This text is relevant to the research interests of media-savvy undergraduates today; it is also useful for instructors and graduate students seeking more clarity on qualitative methods of inquiry with regard to media of all kinds. I intend to test it out on my next (Fall 2015) senior thesis writing class at McDaniel College. -- Ms Julia Lau * drupal *