Topical Issues in Communications and Media Research Book

Ch. 1	Excitement in the field	1
Ch. 2	Critical discourse analysis and social semiotics : re-thinking text and discourse in media and communication research	9
Ch. 3	Cultural literacy, the media and the public sphere : implication for communication research	25
Ch. 4	Prospects for agenda-setting research in the 21st century	35
Ch. 5	New information technologies and research ethics : a critical appraisal	61
Ch. 6	Action research in the design of new media and ICT systems	79
Ch. 7	Processual media theory and the study of new media : towards a new research approach	95
Ch. 8	An eclectic feminist framework for critically evaluating women and communication technology projects	117
Ch. 9	Phenomenology, economic history and mass communication research : lessons from the Australian music industry	143
Ch. 10	Focus group research : towards an applicable model for Africa	167