Reg No: HS 2018/15

 

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Faculty Board of Arts and Social Sciences
Media and Communication Studies

Course Reading

Digital Analysis Methods

Valid from autumn semester 2018

 

Course Code: MKGB91
Course Title: Digital Analysis Methods
Digitala analysmetoder
Credits: 15
Degree Level: Bachelor

Methods Introduction

Books
Davis, M. M., & Mosdell, N. Practical research methods for media and cultural studies. Making people count. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2006. Pages: 209. Tillgänglig som e-bok: http://biblos.kau.se/record=b1499885~S2*swe

Riff, D., Lacy, S., & Fico, F. Analyzing media messages: Using quantitative content analysis in research 3rd ed. New York: Routledge, 2014. Pages: 214.

Seale, C. (Ed.). Researching society and culture. 4th ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2017. Pages: 664.

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Reference Literature

Books
Berger, Arthur A. Media and communication research methods: An introduction to qualitative and quantitative approaches, 4th ed. Los Angeles etc.: SAGE, 2015. Pages: 440.

Chandler, D. Semiotics: The basics. 3rd ed. New York: Routledge, 2017. Pages: 352.

Neuendorf, K. A. The content analysis guidebook. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA., etc.: SAGE, 2017. Pages: 456.

Digital Research Methods

Books
Creswell, J.W. & Creswell, J.D. Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. 5th ed. London: SAGE, 2018. Pages: 304.

Golbeck, J. Analyzing the social web. Amsterdam : Elsevier , 2013. Pages: 290. Tillgänglig som e-bok: http://biblos.kau.se/record=b1630370~S2*swe

Ignatow, G., & Mihalcea, R. Text mining: A guidebook for the social sciences. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2013. Pages: 208.

Quinton, S., & Reynolds, N. Understanding Research in the Digital Age. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2018. Pages: 256.

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Articles and book chapters
Granovetter, M. 1983. The strength of weak ties: A network theory revisited. Sociological theory, 1, 201-233. URL: http://www.soc.ucsb.edu/faculty/friedkin/Syllabi/Soc148/Granovetter%201983.pdf

Mejias, U. A. 2010. The limits of networks as models for organizing the social. New Media & Society, 12(4), 603-617


Reference Literature

Books
Freeman, L. The development of social network analysis. A study in the sociology of science. Vancouver, BC Canada: Empirical Press, 2004. Pages: 205.

Ramsay, S. Reading machines: Toward an algorithmic criticism. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2011. Pages: 113.

Articles and book chapters
Marin, A. & Wellman, B. 2011. ”Social Network Analysis: An Introduction” in J. Scott & P. J. Carrington (eds.) The SAGE handbook of social network analysis, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. p. 11-25

 

Approved by the Faculty Board of Arts and Social Sciences, 29 September 2018