Books
Davies, M. M. % Mosdell, N.: Practical Research Methods for Media and Cultural Studies, 2006. Athens, The University of Georgia Press. Chs. 1-6, 10-11. 115 p..
Kvale, Steinar & Brinkmann, Svend: Interviews: Learning the Craft of Qualitative Research Interviewing, 2009. Sage. Chs 6-11. 100p..
Schrøder, K., Drotner, K., Kline, S. & Murray, C. : Researching Audiences: A Practical Guide to Methods in Media Audience Analysis, 2003. Bloomsbury, USA. Chs 1-16. 345 p..
Neuendorf, Kimberly A: Content Analysis Guidebook, 2002. Sage. Chs. 1, 4-8. 125 p..
Yin, Robert K.: Case Study Research: Design and Methods, 2008. Sage. (Also available as e-book). Chs 1-3. 95 p..
Articles and book chapters
Clark, Lynn, Schonfield: A multi-grounded theory of parental mediation: exploring the complementarity of qualitative and quantitative communication research, Ch.17 in Jensen, Klaus Bruhn (ed.) A Handbook of Media and Communication Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Methodologies, Second edition, Abindon,Oxon: Routledge. Also available as e-book.,
Corbin, Juliet M. and Anselm Straus: Grounded theory research: Procedures, canons, and evaluative criteria, 1990. Qualitative Sociology, Vol. 13, No. 1, 3-21. . http://www.springerlink.com/content/j8pw5067pu42l747/.
de Vreese, C. H.: News framing: Theory and typology, 1993. Information Design Journal + Document Design 13(1): 51-62. . http://www.claesdevreese.com/documents/News_framing__Doc_design_2005.pdf.
Entman, R.M.: Framing: Toward Clarification of a Fractured Paradigm, 1993. Journal of Communication 43(4): 51-58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1993.tb01304.x.
Flyvbjerg, Bent: Five misunderstandings about case-study research, 2006. Qualitative Inquiry 12-2: 219-245. http://qix.sagepub.com/content/12/2/219.full.pdf+html.
Helles, Rasmus : Personal media in everyday life: a baseline study, 2012. Ch. 18 in Jensen, Klaus Bruhn (ed.) A Handbook of Media and Communication Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Methodologies, Second edition, Abindon,Oxon: Routledge. Also available as e-book..
Lobe, B., Livingstone, S., & Haddon, L. (Eds.). : Researching Children's Experiences Online across Countries: Issues and Problems in Methodology., London: EU Kids Online (Deliverable 4.1). (Deliverable 4.1), LSE.. http://www2.lse.ac.uk/media@lse/research/EUKidsOnline/EU Kids I (2006-9)/EU Kids Online I Reports/D41_ISBN.pdf.
Matthes, J. and M. Kohring : The Content Analysis of Media Frames: Toward Improving Reliability and Validity, 2007. Journal of Communication 58(2): 258-279.. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2008.00384.x.
Moe, H., & Karppinen, K. : The Content Analysis of Media Frames: Toward Improving Reliability and Validity, 2008. In N. Just, N. & M. Puppis (Eds.), Trends in Communication Policy Reseach: New Theories, Methods and Subjects. Bristol UK / Chicago, USA: Intellect..
Reese, S. D. : The Framing Project: A Bridging Model for Media Research Revisited, 2007. Journal of Communication 57(1): 148-154. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2006.00334.x.
Ustad Figenschou, T. : Young, female, Western researcher vs. senior, male, Al Jazeera officials: critical reflections on accessing and interviewing media elites in authoritarian societies, 2010. Media, Culture & Society 32(6): 961-978. . http://mcs.sagepub.com/content/32/6/961.short.
Recommended further reading
Corbin, J. M. and A. L. Strauss (2008). Basics of qualitative research: techniques and procedures for developing grounded theory. Thousand Oaks, Calif., Sage.
Jensen, Klaus Bruhn (ed.) (2012) A Handbook of Media and Communication Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Methodologies, Second edition, Abindon,Oxon: Routledge. Also available as e-book.
Lobe, B., Livingstone, S., Olafsson, K., & Simões, J. A. (2008). Best Practice Research Guide: How to research children and online technologies in comparative perspective. London: EU Kids Online
Markham, A. N. & Baym, N. K. (eds.) 2009. Internet Inquiry: Conversations About Method, Thousand Oaks: Sage.