TY - BOOK ID - 7240319 TI - Handbook of comparative communication research AU - Esser, Frank AU - Hanitzsch, Thomas PY - 2012 SN - 9780415802710 9780415802758 9780203149102 9781136514241 9781136514197 9781136514234 0415802717 0203149106 041580275X PB - New York (N.Y.): Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Communication, International KW - Communication KW - Research KW - Communication, International. KW - Research. KW - #SBIB:303H14 KW - Methoden en technieken van de communicatiewetenschap KW - Communications research KW - International communication KW - World communication KW - Communication - Research UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7240319 AB - This book aims at providing a comprehensive understanding of comparative communication research. It fills an obvious gap in the literature and offers an extensive and interdisciplinary discussion of the general approach of comparative research, its prospect and problems as well as its applications in crucial sub-fields of communications. The first part of the volume charts the state of the art in the field; the second section introduces relevant areas of communication studies where the comparative approach has been successfully applied in recent years; the third part offers an analytical review of conceptual and methodological issues; and the last section proposes a roadmap for future research. ER -