Klaus Bruhn Jensen is a professor in the Department of Communication, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. His research centers on communication theory and empirical methodologies as they apply to digital media. Previous publications include Media Convergence (2010) and International Encyclopedia of Communication Theory and Philosophy (2016).

1. Introduction: The state of convergence in media and communication research ; PART I - HISTORY: SOURCES OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION RESEARCH ; 2. The humanistic sources of media and communication research ; 3. The social-scientific sources of media and communication research ; PART II - SYSTEMATICS: PROCESSES OF COMMUNICATION ; Media organizations ;4. The production of entertainment media ; 5. News production ; Media texts ;6. Analyzing news discourse ; 7 Mediated fiction ; Media users ;8. Media effects: Quantitative traditions ; 9. Media reception: Qualitative traditions ; Media contexts ; 10. Communication in contexts: Beyond mass-interpersonal and online-offline divides ; 11. The cultural contexts of media and communication ; 12. History, communication, and media ; PART III - PRACTICE: SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES AND SOCIAL APPLICATIONS ; Empirical research designs ;13. Quantitative approaches to media and communication research ; 14. The qualitative research process ; 15. Digital methods for media and communication research ; 16. The complementarity of qualitative and quantitative methodologies in media and communication research ; Multiple media, multiple methods ; 17. Personal media in everyday life: A baseline study ; 18. Media industries and audience research: An analytic dialogue on the value of engagement ; 19. Employing media-rich participatory action research to foster youth voice ; Communicating research ; 20. The social origins and uses of media and communication research ; References