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Issues of multi-ethnicity and multiculturalism have always been intricately interwoven with North America as a geographical region and American Studies as an academic discipline. It is therefore quite natural that American Studies not only eagerly exploited this particular asset but rather functioned as one of the major instigators of this recent trend which now firmly holds most disciplines within the Humanities under its spell. All essays in this collection address particular parameters of this phenomenon either by adopting a culturally informed methodology or by dealing directly with institutional politics. The contributors, including Shirley Lim, Darius James, Hanjo Berressem, Sabine Sielke, Walter Hölbling, and Heinz Tschachler highlight Literature, Cultural History, Film, Theory, and University Administration as the main focal points of this collection.

In this book, Barrie Gunter provides a broad overview of the methodological perspectives adopted by media researchers in their attempt to derive a better understanding of the nature, role and impact of media in society. By tracing the epistemological and theoretical roots of the major methodological perspectives, Gunter identifies the various schools of social scientific research that have determined the major perspectives in the area. Drawing a distinction between quantitative and qualitative methods, he discusses the relative advantages and disadvantages of each approach, and examines recent