Assignment review
Hi! Let's quickly review a few rules from your larger assignment prompt that Dr. Cox shared:
Must use at least one (1) scholarly journal article from a provided list.
Locate, cite, and download the article you select.
1. What was the research question(s) or hypothesis/hypotheses?
2. Why did the researchers think this was an important area of study?
3. Who or what was studied?
4. How many were studied?
5. How did they conduct their research (what method did they use)?
6. Which approach to communications research did this study follow?
7. What was the theoretical framework of the study?
8. What did the researchers learn (what was the answer to their question)?
9. What further research do the researchers feel needs to be done?
10. What is your evaluation of this research?
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Asking questions and following those questions "where it takes you" happens early on the the research process.
- As you read articles on your topic, you are learning the scholarly conversations taking place.
- All of this is to gain a better understanding of a problem or issue.
- Sources in these articles are cited, or, organized so that researchers can easily find them to read further. Analogy.