Research Guides: COMM 419: Organizational Communication: Research Methods &amp; Data Collection

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SAGE Research Methods supports beginning and advanced researchers in every step of a research project, from writing a research question, choosing a method, gathering and analyzing data, to writing up and publishing the findings. With information on the full range of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods for the social and behavioral sciences, as well as many methods commonly used in the hard sciences, the book, reference, and journal content in SAGE Research Methods help researchers of all levels conduct their research.

Journals

These journals directly relate to qualitative & quantitative research methods used in the social sciences. Cook Library has access to them through the databases linked on the "Finding Communication Studies Research" page on this guide, but you are able to search specific journals using the links below.

Social Science Research
Social Science Research publishes papers devoted to quantitative social science research and methodology. The journal features articles that illustrate the use of quantitative methods to empirically test social science theory.
Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research
Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research (JEQR) is a quarterly, peer-reviewed periodical, publishing scholarly articles that address topics relating directly to empirical qualitative research and conceptual articles addressing topics related to qualitative.
International Journal of Qualitative Methods
The International Journal of Qualitative Methods is the peer-reviewed interdisciplinary open access journal of the International Institute for Qualitative Methodology (IIQM) at the University of Alberta, Canada. The journal, established in 2002, is an eclectic international forum for insights, innovations and advances in methods and study designs using qualitative or mixed methods research.
Communication Methods & Measures
The aims of Communication Methods and Measures are to bring developments in methodology, both qualitative and quantitative, to the attention of communication scholars, to provide an outlet for discussion and dissemination of methodological tools and approaches to researchers across the field, to comment on practices with suggestions for improvement in both research design and analysis, and to introduce new methods of measurement useful to communication scientists or improvements on existing methods.

Quick Reference

Sage Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods
This web-based encyclopedia is searchable by keyword or subject.

Research Methods in Communication by Alison Jane Pickard
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781783300235
Publication Date: 2017
This eBook is full of ideas, use the “search within” function or scan the table of contents to get started.

How to...Use ethnographical methods & participant observation
This guide from Emerald Publishing describes types of ethnographic research methods and how to apply them.

Sourcebook for Political Communication Research by Erik P. Bucy (Editor); R. Lance Holbert (Editor)
Call Number: JA86 .S68 2011
ISBN: 9781317709343
Publication Date: 2014-06-03
The Sourcebook for Political Communication Research will offer scholars, students, researchers, and other interested readers a comprehensive source for state-of-the-art/field research methods, measures, and analytical techniques in the field of political communication.

Measures & Instruments

Communication Research Measures II by Rebecca B. Rubin; Alan M. Rubin; Elizabeth E. Graham; Elizabeth M. Perse; David Seibold
ISBN: 9780203871539
Publication Date: 2010-04-26
Topics include Measurements of Communication for Family, Organizations & Groups, Health, Instruction, Cross-Cultural and Interpersonal
Communication Research Measures by Rebecca B. Rubin (Editor); Philip Palmgreen (Editor); Howard E. Sypher (Editor)
Call Number: P91.3 .C62
ISBN: 0898622913
Publication Date: 1994-09-30

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