Books
Berger, Arthur Asa (2000): Media and Communication Research Methods. Sage Publications
or (chose one of the two books on research methods in media studies)
Hansen, Anders et al (1998): Mass Communication Research Methods. Sage Publications.
Kvale, Steinar and Svend Brinkmann (2009): Interviews: Learning the Craft of Qualitative Research Interviewing. Chapters 6-11.
Neuendorf, Kimberly A (2002): Content Analysis Guidebook. Sage. Chapters 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.
Schrøder, Kim et al. (2003): Researching Audiences. New York: Oxford University Press.
Yin, Robert K. (2008): Case study research: Design and Methods. Sage. Chapters 1 – 3 (ok with earlier editions of the book).
Compendium
Collier, David (1993). “The Comparative Approach” in Finifter, Ada W. (ed) Political Science: The State of the Discipline II, Washington: American Political Science Association.
Glaser, Barney G. & Strauss, Anselm (1967). The Discovery of Grounded Theory. Chapters 1 and 2.
Silverman, David (2006) “Ethnography and observation” in Interpreting Qualitative Data, Sage, Chapter 3.
Thomas, Robert J (1990) “Interviewing Important People in Big Companies” in Hertz, Rosanna and Imber, Jonathan B (eds) Studying elites using qualitative methods, Sage.
Articles available online
Flyvbjerg, Bent (2006): Five misunderstandings about case-study research, Qualitative Inquiry 12-2. Available online here and here
Frendreid, John P. (1983) Explanation of Variation and Detection of Covariation: The Purpose and Logic of Comparative Analysis. Comparative Political Studies (vol.2, 255-272). Available online
Lars Mjøset (2005). Can grounded theory solve the problems of its critics? Sosiologisk tidsskrift. Available online
Lijphart, Arend (1971). Comparative Politics and the Comparative Method. The American Political Science Review 682-693. Available online
Madden, Louise (2009): Online gaming and Embodied Subjectivities. Link: http://etjanst.hb.se/bhs/ith/1-10/lm.pdf (NB! open in adobe reader!)
Markham, Annette N. (2004). The Methods, Politics, and Ethics of representation in Online Ethnography. in Denzin, N. & Lincoln, Y. (Eds.). Handbook of Qualitative Research, 3rd Edition (pp. 793-820). Available online