Research Methods

Online publications relating to research methods for audiences, especially comparative research and research with children, can be downloaded below.

Lunt, P., and Livingstone, S. (1996) Rethinking the focus group in media and communications research. Journal of Communication, 46(2), 79-98.
Livingstone, S. (2003) On the challenges of cross-national comparative media research. European Journal of Communication, 18(4): 477-500.
Livingstone, S., and Lemish, D. (2001) Doing comparative research with children and young people. In Livingstone, S., and Bovill, M. (Eds.), Children and their Changing Media Environment: A European Comparative Study. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Lobe, B., Livingstone, S., and Haddon, L., with others (2007) Researching Children's Experiences Online across Countries: Issues and Problems in Methodology.. EU Kids Online Deliverable D4.1 Methodological Issues Review for the EC Safer Internet plus programme. London: LSE.
Lobe, B., Livingstone, S., Olafsson, K., and Simoes, J. A. (2008) Best Practice Research Guide: How to research children and online technologies in comparative perspective. EU Kids Online Deliverable D4.2 the EC Safer Internet plus programme. London: LSE. http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/21658/ Available online as Frequently Asked Questions at www.eukidsonline.net

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