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City Univ., London (England). – 1985
Observing that over the past 10 years two lines of discussion--one emanating from and focusing on the needs of women, the other arising from and related to "mainstream" communication problems--have been carried out simultaneously but have remained separate, this report focuses on the change in women's status with regard to access to the…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Research, Employment Opportunities, Females
Alberico, Ralph; Snow, Maxine – 1985
Electronic databases have become important resources for researchers in many disciplines. While there is no single database designed to cover the field of communications, there are several databases which include material that is of interest to investigators in the field. An experiment was performed to determine which databases would be most…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Communication Research, Databases, Information Seeking
Soukup, Paul A. – 1993
Noting that studies of media, culture, and consciousness assert wide-ranging connections among the three, this paper proposes a research program for investigating the media-consciousness-cultural link. Sections I and II provide a brief review of orality-literacy theories and communication theories. Section III proposes five areas of media…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Cultural Influences, Higher Education, Language Role
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Anderson, James A.; And Others – 1979
Television's role within the familial setting is the subject of a research program being conducted at the Universities of Hartford, Texas, and Utah, proceeding on the premise that television functions within a variety of environmental influences, all of which act in varying combinations to produce a wide range of effects within viewers. The…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communication Research, Cultural Context, Ethnography
Jyrkiainen, Jyrki, Comp. – 1986
A compilation of papers from a joint Finnish-Russian seminar on problems of communication research, this collection presents diverse opinions and results from researchers and observers in both countries. The titles of the papers and their authors are as follows: (1) "Mass Media in the Soviet Youth's Way of Life," by V. A. Mansurov; (2)…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Audience Analysis, Audiences, Communication Research
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Williams, Dmitri – Simulation & Gaming, 2005
The study of video game effects has been marked by two very different approaches. The first approach is represented by social scientists, who, with some exceptions, seek to understand the effects of games on users. The second approach is favored by humanists, who seek to understand the meaning and context of games. To date, these two groups have…
Descriptors: Video Games, Social Scientists, Research Methodology, Research Problems