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100	1		_aStokes, Jane, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aHow to do media & cultural studies / _cJane Stokes.
246	3		_aHow to do media and cultural studies
246	3		_aMedia & cultural studies
246	3		_aMedia and cultural studies
250			_aThird edition.
264		1	_aLos Angeles ; _aLondon : _bSAGE Publications Ltd, _c2021.
300			_a1 online resource (ix. 326 pages) : _billustrations.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Introduction to Evolutionary Computing -- Genetic Algorithms -- Extending the Genetic Algorithm -- Evolution Strategies and Evolutionary Programming -- Differential Evolution -- Genetic Programming -- Particle Swarm Algorithms -- Ant Algorithms -- Honeybee Algorithms -- Other Social Algorithms -- Bacterial Foraging Algorithms -- Neural Networks for Supervised Learning -- Neural Networks for Unsupervised Learning -- Neuroevolution -- Artificial Immune Systems -- An Introduction to Developmental and Grammatical Computing -- Grammar-Based and Developmental Genetic Programming -- Grammatical Evolution -- TAG3P and Developmental TAG3P -- Genetic Regulatory Networks -- An Introduction to Physics-Inspired Computing -- Physics-Inspired Computing Algorithms -- Quantum-Inspired Evolutionary Algorithms -- Plant-Inspired Algorithms -- Chemistry-Inspired Algorithms.
520	8		_a"If any book can relieve anxieties about actually doing research, this is it. Accessible, informed, and incredibly useful." - Professor Simon Cottle, School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University "The best book available for students facing up to the challenge of writing a dissertation about media and communication." - Professor Graham Meikle, School of Media and Communication, University of Westminster A favourite with both students and researchers, How to Do Media and Cultural Studies provides you with all the knowledge and practical expertise you need to carry out your project or dissertation. Giving you hands-on guidance on managing the whole process, Jane Stokes: Shows you how to identify a topic and create a research question. Guides you through the research process, from getting started through to writing-up. Explores a range of case studies, showing you how methods have been applied by others to research media audiences, industries and texts. Adds a new chapter exploring the use of mixed methods and research by practice. This best-selling book continues to inspire students and researchers worldwide. It is an indispensable introduction to the theory, methods and practice of media and cultural studies today.
650		0	_aMass media _xResearch _xMethodology.
650		0	_aCulture _xResearch _xMethodology.
776	0	8	_iPrint Paperback: _z9781526427755
776	0	8	_iWeb PDF: _z9781526452573
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