Introduction to Communication Research Author:John C. Reinard Written for the introductory research course, Introduction to Communication Research emphasizes critical thinking, stressing the theme that research is an argument and that scholars must engage in using sound reasoning and evidence to make claims. Students are taught to be both competent performers and discriminating readers of research. The te... more »xt covers both quantitative and qualitative methods, emphasizing the survival skills beginning students need to "do scholarship".« less