Table of Contents

Excitement in the field; Critical Discourse Analysis and Social Semiotics: Rethinking Text and Discourse in Media and Communications Research; Cultural Literacy, the Media and the Public Sphere: Implications for Communication Research; Prospects for Agenda-setting Research in the 21st Century; New Information Technologies and Research Ethics: A Critical Appraisal; Action Research in the Design of New Media and ICT Systems; Processual Media Theory and the Study of New Media: Towards a New Research Approach; An Eclectic Feminist Framework for Critically Evaluating Women and Communication Technology Projects; Phenomenology, Economic History and Mass Communication Research: Lessons from the Australian Music Industry; Focus Group Research: Towards an Applicable Model for Africa; Index.