Welcome to the SAGE edge site for Introducing Communication Research, Fourth Edition.

The SAGE edge site for Introducing Communication Research by Donald Treadwell and Andrea Davis offers a robust online environment you can access anytime, anywhere, and features an impressive array of free tools and resources to keep you on the cutting edge of your learning experience.

Introducing Communication Research: Paths of Inquiry teaches students the basics of communication research in an accessible manner by using interesting real-world examples, engaging application exercises, and up-to-date resources. Best-selling author Donald Treadwell and new co-author Andrea Davis guide readers through the process of conducting communication research and presenting findings for scholarly, professional, news/media, and web audiences. The Fourth Edition continues to emphasize the Internet and social media as topics of, and tools for, communication research, and incorporates new content on online methodologies, qualitative research, critical methodologies, and ethics.

Acknowledgments

We gratefully acknowledge Donald Treadwell and Andrea Davis for writing an excellent text. Special thanks are also due to Hailey Gillen Hoke of Weber State University, Vicki Karns of Suffolk University, and Thomas Wright of Temple University for developing the ancillaries on this site.