Humanities in media and communication research / Media, culture and modern times: social science investigations / Production of media fiction / Production of news / Study of international news / Discourses of fact / Mediated fiction / Media effects: quantitative traditions / Media reception: qualitative traditions / Contexts, cultures and computers: the cultural contexts of mediated communication / History, media and communication / Quantitative research process / Qualitiative research process / Complementarity of qualitative and quantitative methodologies in media and communication research / Social origins and uses of media and communication research