COMMUNICATION RESEARCH METHODS
- Course
- COMM611 - COMMUNICATION RESEARCH METHODS
- Department
- Communication and Media Studies - English - PhD
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 8
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
- Keywords
Course Description
COMMUNICATION RESEARCH METHODS
COMMUNICATION RESEARCH METHODS
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Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction & Approaches to social research |
| Week 2 | Developing your ideas & General design issues |
| Week 3 | Desk-based research & Fixed designs |
| Week 4 | Flexible designs |
| Week 5 | Multi-strategy (mixed method) designs |
| Week 6 | Designs for particular purposes: evaluation, action and change |
| Week 7 | Midterm Exam |
| Week 8 | Ethical and political considerations |
| Week 9 | Surveys and questionnaires & Interviews and focus groups |
| Week 10 | Tests and scales & Observational methods |
| Week 11 | Additional methods of data collection |
| Week 12 | Writing a project proposal |
| Week 13 | The analysis and interpretation of quantitative data |
| Week 14 | The analysis and interpretation of qualitative data &Reporting, disseminating and moving forward |
| Week 15 | Final Exam |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Collin, R. (2002). Real World Research (4rd Eds). London: Wiley.
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