Teaching Research Methods in Communication Studies

Suggesting that an active and intentional approach to teaching communication research methods provides a rich and rewarding classroom experience, this book brings together the ideas of leading instructors across all areas of communication studies to improve students’ interest and engagement with their research methods courses.

The book’s key intentions are two-fold: firstly to illuminate a path towards creating a meaningful classroom experience, and secondly to reengage communication research methods course instructors. Chapters set out practical frameworks for course development, addressing a broad range of aspects including the design, strategy, and analysis of research methods. Leading scholars engage with qualitative, quantitative, critical, and rhetorical methodologies to provide a rich entry-point into the subject for instructors across associate’s, bachelor’s, and graduate contexts. Expert contributors also provide a range of praxis-based pedagogical approaches by providing detailed, step-by-step classroom activities and experiences that can be easily implemented across a variety of contexts.

Teaching Research Methods in Communication Studies is an invaluable resource for communication and social science instructors, particularly those teaching research methods, who want to develop and enhance their approach. Its practical insights into classroom pedagogy will also be beneficial to education scholars more broadly.