Illustrated Guide to the Content Analysis Research Project

Patricia Swann, former Dean of the School of Business and Justice Studies, is a Professor of Public Relations and Management at Utica College, USA. She is the Executive Director of the Raymond Simon Institute for Public Relations and Journalism and the former head of the Public Relations Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. She is the author of Cases in Public Relations Management. Swann, after 20 years of experience in the public relations and journalism industries, has garnered numerous awards for her work.

• 1. Getting Started 2. Understanding the Scientific Method 3. Finding Your Research Approach 4. Ethical Considerations 5. Picking Your Research Topic 6. Writing the Literature Review Section 7. Writing the Hypothesis and Research Question 8. Writing the Method Section 9. Writing the Results Section 10. Writing the Discussion and Conclusion Sections 11. Writing the Abstract 12. Formatting, References, and Appendices 13. Sharing Your Research

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