Methods of Historical Analysis in Electronic Media

<p><i>Methods of Historical Analysis in Electronic Media</i> provides a foundation for historical research in electronic media by addressing the literature and the methods--traditional and the eclectic methods of scholarship as applied to electronic media. It is about history--broadcast electronic media history and history that has been broadcast and also about the historiography research written and the research yet to be written.<br><br>Divided into five parts this book:<br>*addresses the challenges in the application of the historical methods to broadcast history;<br>*reviews the various methods appropriate for electronic-media research based on the nature of the object under study;<br>*suggests new approaches to popular historical topics;<br>*takes a broad topical look at history in broadcasting; and<br>*provides a broad overview of what has been accomplished a historian's challenges and future research.<br><br>Intended for students and researchers in broadcast history <i>Methods of Historical Analysis in Electronic Media</i> provides an understanding of the qualitative methodological tools necessary for the study of electronic media history and illustrates how to find primary sources for electronic media research.</p>