Research Paradigms, Television, and Social Behaviour

Research Paradigms, Television and Social Behavior - Gordon L Berry The Complexities of Studying a Complex Medium Television Research - George Comstock Past Problems and Present Issues PART ONE: QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH PARADIGMS IN THE STUDY OF TELEVISION Major Paradigms and Issues in Television Research - Edward L Palmer Field of Dreams, World of Realities Designing Experiments on Television and Social Behavior - L Monique Ward and Patricia M Greenfield Developmental Perspectives Quasi Experimental Research on Television and Behavior - Tannis M MacBeth Natural and Field Experiments Class, Communication and the Black Self - Richard L Allen A Theory Outline PART TWO: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH PARADIGMS IN THE STUDY OF TELEVISION Qualitative Approaches to the Study of the Media - James A Anderson Theory and Methods of Hermeneutic Empiricism Taking the Interpretive Turn - Thomas R Lindlof and Timothy P Meyer Qualitative Research of Television and Other Electronic Media PART THREE: THE INTEGRATION OF QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH PARADIGMS IN THE STUDY OF TELEVISION The Analysis of Television Content - Carolyn A Stroman and Kenneth E Jones Intersection of Instructional Television and Computer Assisted Instruction - Kevin A Clark Implications for Research Paradigms Barney and Friends as Entertainment and Education - Jerome L Singer and Dorothy G Singer Evaluating the Quality and Effectiveness of a Television Series for Preschool Children Studying Television Violence - John P Murray A Research Agenda for the 21st Century EPILOGUE Research Paradigms, Television and Social Behavior - Joy Keiko Asamen A Scientist's Contribution to Initiating Social Change