Conceptualization and Design of Mass Communication Research
Conceptualization and Design of Mass Communication Research assists students in turning research questions into substantive research designs, resulting in a thesis or dissertation proposal.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Explain key principles of social science research, with a focus on how empirical studies relate to, and contribute to social scientific theory creation and development
Identify and explain common modes of empirical research in mass communication and science communication scholarship, including their strengths and weaknesses
Assess different kinds of social scientific research for strengths/weaknesses related to increasing understanding of mass communication and/or science communication
Articulate and/or evaluate research proposals in mass communication and/or science communication
Source: UW Guide 1· UW Guide 2
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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).
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Topics
- Social science research principles and theory development
- Empirical research modes in mass and science communication
- Research proposal development and evaluation
Skills
- Explain key principles of social science research and their relation to theory creation and development
- Identify and explain common modes of empirical research in mass and science communication scholarship
- Assess social scientific research for strengths and weaknesses in mass and science communication contexts
- Articulate and evaluate research proposals in mass and science communication
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