Qualitative Research Methods for Media Studies

Bonnie S. Brennen is the Nieman Professor of Journalism in the Diederich College of Communication at Marquette University. Her research focuses on the intersection between labor and journalism history as well as on relationships between media, culture, and society. She is author of For the Record: An Oral History of Rochester, New York Newsworkers and co-editor, with Hanno Hardt, of three books: The American Journalism History Reader; Picturing the Past: Media, History, and Photography; and Newsworkers: Towards a History of the Rank and File, also published by Routledge.

1. Getting Started 2. Doing Qualitative Research 3. Interviewing 4. Focus Groups 5. History 6. Oral History 7. Ethnography and Participant Observation 8. Textual Analysis