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A review of: “Susanna Hornig Priest. Doing Media Research: An Introduction (2nd Ed.).”
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2010, 248 pp., ISBN 978-1-4129-6097-7 (paperback).
Southwell, B. G., & Gilkerson, N. D. (2010). A review of: “Susanna Hornig Priest. Doing Media Research: An Introduction (2nd Ed.).”: Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2010, 248 pp., ISBN 978-1-4129-6097-7 (paperback).Mass Communication and Society, 13(4), 479-481. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2010.486517
Whether "media research" is a separate sphere of inquiry is a question with implications reaching far beyond simple methodological considerations, as it begs questions, for example, about whether mass media are best studied in separate academic departments and schools.