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  • Chapter-opening vignettes have been updated, providing a topical, student-relevant lead-in to the chapter content.
  • "Examples and Insights" sections in each chapter provide a specific example of communication research or further insight on a research topic.
  • "Social Media and Big Data" sections have been added to each method chapter addressing some of the implications of social media and the web for communication research.
  • A completely revised Chapter 7 provides an overview of descriptive and inferential statistics.
  • More coverage of visualization and artificial intelligence (AI) in reporting and presenting research has been added throughout.
  • Updated end-of-chapter application exercises make use of latest research and data.
  • Each method chapter has a practice-based organizing example that guides students through the practical and theoretical decisions a researcher faces when designing and implementing research.
  • Ethics questions throughout facilitate discussion of research ethics in practice and promote responsible research practices.
  • Learning objectives, chapter summaries, highlighted vocabulary words, and application exercises in each chapter support student learning.

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Chapter 1. FOUNDATIONS: THE IDEAS THAT SHAPE OUR RESEARCH

Chapter 2. GETTING STARTED: FROM INSPIRATION TO IMPLEMENTATION

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Introducing Communication Research - International Student Edition Paths of Inquiry

  • Donald Treadwell
  • Andrea Davis - Western New England University, USA
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Introducing Communication Research: Paths of Inquiry  teaches students the basics of communication research in an accessible manner by using interesting real-world examples, engaging application exercises, and up-to-date resources. Best-selling author Donald Treadwell and new co-author Andrea Davis guide readers through the process of conducting communication research and presenting findings for scholarly, professional, news/media, and web audiences.

New & Key Features

  • New vignettes  introduce a theoretical or methodological topic using language and contexts that students new to research can easily comprehend.
  • “First Decisions” : expanded discussion of basic research perspectives, worldviews, communication metatheories, and communication research traditions.
  • Bibliographic research : new content on identifying and assessing fake news.
  • Survey methodology : new content on “big data” and surveys.
  • Application exercises  help students learn to make decisions about research practice.
  • Ethics panels with questions  facilitate discussion of research ethics in practice.

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Introducing Communication Research: Paths of Inquiry  teaches students the basics of communication research in an accessible manner by using interesting real-world examples, engaging application exercises, and up-to-date resources. Best-selling author Donald Treadwell and new co-author Andrea Davis guide readers through the process of conducting communication research and presenting findings for scholarly, professional, news/media, and web audiences. The  Fourth Edition  continues to emphasize the Internet and social media as topics of, and tools for, communication research, and incorporates new content on online methodologies, qualitative research, critical methodologies, and ethics.

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We gratefully acknowledge Donald Treadwell and Andrea Davis for writing an excellent text. Special thanks are also due to Hailey Gillen Hoke of Weber State University, Vicki Karns of Suffolk University, and Thomas Wright of Temple University for developing the ancillaries on this site.

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Introducing Communication Research: Paths of Inquiry  teaches students the basics of communication research in an accessible manner by using interesting real-world examples, engaging application exercises, and up-to-date resources. Best-selling author Donald Treadwell and new co-author Andrea Davis guide readers through the process of conducting communication research and presenting findings for scholarly, professional, news/media, and web audiences.

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Donald Treadwell earned his master’s degree in communication from Cornell University and his

PhD in communication and rhetoric from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

He developed and taught communication research classes in classroom and online settings

and also taught courses in organizational communication, public relations, and public relations

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