Sunday, February 3, 2008

AT A GLANCE - WHAT TO DO

The following applies to any critical research study, regardless of the topic area

Undertake Primary Research:
  • Audience reception eg questionnaires, focus groups, interviews
  • Textual analysis and your own critical responses (to texts which could include films, children’s TV, pop videos, radio broadcasts, for example

Undertake Secondary Research:

  • Text books, factual books, and other library resources, ie newspapers, magazines and video/ DVD/ TV resources
  • Industry, academic and related internet sites
  • Actual research studies in a similar field as your own

Discuss the different types of research you have undertaken on the following:

  • Audience reception including your own views and analysis of texts
  • Popular criticism (ie media reviews)
  • Academic criticism (ie quotations from media theory/ text books)
  • The institutions, industry or media producers

Provide analysis of:

  • The investigative process
  • The findings of your research
  • Your argument or thesis, with reference to your research and textual evidence
  • Conclusions reached at the end of your research

Remember: This project is preparation for a 2 hour exam, in which you will answer 2 questions. One will be about your methods of research, the other will require you to analyse your findings

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