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Lists of figures, tables, plates, and boxes. Preface. Notes oncontributors. 1. Introduction: The state of convergence in media andcommunication research Klaus Bruhn Jensen University of Copenhagen, DenmarkPART I - HISTORY: SOURCES OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION RESEARCH 2. Thehumanities in media and communication research Klaus Bruhn Jensen 3. Media,culture, and modern times: Social science investigations Graham MurdockLoughborough University, UK PART II - SYSTEMATICS: PROCESSES OFMEDIATED COMMUNICATION 4. The production of media fiction Horace NewcombUniversity of Texas at Austin, USA and Amanda Lotz Washington University, StLouis, USA 5. The production of news Gaye Tuchman University ofConnecticut, USA 6. The study of international news Stig Hjarvard Universityof Copenhagen, Denmark 7. Discourses of fact Kim ChristianSchroder University of Roskilde, Denmark 8. Mediated fiction Peter LarsenUniversity of Bergen, Norway Media audiences: 9. Mediaeffects: Quantitative traditions Klaus Bruhn Jensen 10. Media reception:Qualitative traditions Klaus Bruhn Jensen 11. Contexts, cultures, andcomputers: The cultural contexts of mediated communication Klaus Bruhn Jensen12. History, media, and communication Paddy Scannell University ofWestminster, UK PART III - PRACTICE: SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES AND SOCIALAPPLICATIONS 13. The quantitative research process Barrie Gunter SheffieldUniversity, UK 14. The qualitative research process Klaus Bruhn Jensen 15.The complementarity of qualitative and quantitative methodologies in mediaand communication research Klaus Bruhn Jensen 16. The social origins anduses of media and communication research Klaus Bruhn Jensen References. Nameindex. Subject index