The Palgrave Handbook of Methods for Media Policy Research covers the craft that is and the methods used in media and communication policy research. It discusses the steps involved in conducting research, from deciding on a topic, to writing a report and everything in between and, furthermore, deals with a wide variety of qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and analysis. The handbook invites researchers to rediscover trusted methods such as document analysis, elite interviews and comparisons, as well as to familiarize themselves with newer methods like experiments, big data and network analysis. For each method, the handbook provides a practical step-by-step guide and case studies that help readers in using that method in their own research. The methods discussed are useful for all areas of media and communication policy research, for research concerning the governance of both mass media and online platforms, and for policy issues around the globe. As such, the handbook is an invaluable guide to every researcher in this field.
Author(s): Hilde Van den Bulck, Manuel Puppis, Karen Donders, Leo Van Audenhove
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 676
Tags: Media Policy, Methods
Front Matter ....Pages i-xxvi
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Introduction: Media Policy and Media Policy Research (Manuel Puppis, Hilde Van den Bulck)....Pages 3-21
Doing Media Policy Research (Manuel Puppis, Hilde Van den Bulck)....Pages 23-49
Digitization and Media Policy Research (Karen Donders, Leo Van Audenhove)....Pages 51-67
Front Matter ....Pages 69-69
Case Study Research (Sally Broughton Micova)....Pages 71-84
Comparative Research (Frank Esser)....Pages 85-101
Meta-Analysis (Werner A. Meier)....Pages 103-119
Action Research (Greg Hearn, Dan Swan, Kathryn Geels)....Pages 121-139
Front Matter ....Pages 141-141
Talking to People I: Surveys (Uwe Hasebrink, Sascha Hölig)....Pages 143-160
Talking to People II: Qualitative Interviews (Martine van Selm, Natali Helberger)....Pages 161-177
Talking to People III: Expert Interviews and Elite Interviews (Leo Van Audenhove, Karen Donders)....Pages 179-197
Talking to People IV: Focus Groups (Peter Lunt)....Pages 199-214
Watching People: Observations (Lizzie Jackson, Michał Głowacki)....Pages 215-231
Testing for Causality in Data: Experiments (Christian Handke, Christian Herzog)....Pages 233-247
Texts as Data I: Document Analysis (Kari Karppinen, Hallvard Moe)....Pages 249-262
Texts as Data II: Media Content Analysis (Corinne Schweizer)....Pages 263-276
Texts as Data III: Digital TV Archives (Sonja de Leeuw, Jasmijn Van Gorp)....Pages 277-293
Texts as Data IV: Web Crawling, Content and Link Analyses (Natascha Just)....Pages 295-309
Working with Secondary Data: Official and Industry Statistics (Marlen Komorowski)....Pages 311-325
Front Matter ....Pages 327-327
Statistical Analysis (Jurgen Minnebo, Bart Cambré)....Pages 329-346
Analyzing Big Data (Balázs Bodó, Bob van de Velde)....Pages 347-366
Analyzing Talk and Text I: Qualitative Content Analysis (Manuel Puppis)....Pages 367-384
Analyzing Talk and Text II: Thematic Analysis (Christian Herzog, Christian Handke, Erik Hitters)....Pages 385-401
Analyzing Talk and Text III: Discourse Analysis (Christopher Ali)....Pages 403-418
Analyzing Talk and Text IV: Frame Analysis (Maria Löblich)....Pages 419-433
Analyzing Qualitative Data Using NVivo (Dimitri Mortelmans)....Pages 435-450
Analyzing Policy-Making I: Stakeholder and Advocacy Coalition Framework Analysis (Hilde Van den Bulck)....Pages 451-469
Analyzing Policy-Making II: Policy Network Analysis (Patrick Kenis, Volker Schneider)....Pages 471-491
Analyzing Policy-Making III: Digital Network Analysis (Sílvia Majó-Vázquez)....Pages 493-508
Historical Analysis (Victor Pickard)....Pages 509-517
Legal Analysis in Media Policy Research (Marko Milosavljević, Melita Poler)....Pages 519-539
Assessing Policy I: Stakeholder Analysis (Terry Flew, Tania Lim)....Pages 541-555
Assessing Policy II: Governance-Choice Method (Michael Latzer, Florian Saurwein, Natascha Just)....Pages 557-574
Assessing Policy III: Regulatory Impact Assessment (Markus Oermann, Wolfgang Schulz)....Pages 575-593
Assessing Policy IV: Goal-Means Tree Analysis (Anne-Sofie Vanhaeght)....Pages 595-608
Front Matter ....Pages 609-609
Writing Policy Reports (Tim Raats)....Pages 611-625
Media Policy Activism (Des Freedman)....Pages 627-639
Developing Pedagogical Materials on Media Policy (Karolien Poels)....Pages 641-655
Looking Again at Findings: Secondary Analysis (Sandra Braman)....Pages 657-674
Back Matter ....Pages 675-681
