Are you struggling to understand the instructions for the COM3706 communication research portfolio exam? This portfolio (final mark 84%) will give you an idea of what the lecturers are expecting in the final portfolio. PLEASE NOTE: the topic is different each semester. Although the topic will not b...
*PLEASE NOTE: This portfolio has already been
submitted to UNISA. If you copy any portion of it, you’ll
be flagged for plagiarism. This portfolio sample is
intended to be a guideline on what lecturers are
expecting for the final portfolio for this module.
4 POPULATION 2
4.1 Target population 2
4.2 Accessible population 3
4.3 Population characteristics 3
4.4 Unit of analysis 3
5 FOUR ASSUMPTIONS AND FOUR SUB-ISSUES 3
5.1 Four assumptions 3
5.2 Four sub-issues 4
6 GOAL AND OBJECTIVES 4
7 FOUR RESEARCH QUESTIONS 5
8 THEORETICAL APPROACH 5
8.1 Content Analysis 5
8.2 Framing Theory 5
8.3 Operationalising the theoretical framework 6
9 RESEARCH DESIGN 7
9.1 Inductive and deductive reasoning 7
9.2 Objectives of research 8
9.3 Qualitative and quantitative research 8
9.4 Nature of the questions used in the content analysis 9
9.5 Nature of the articles 10
9.6 Methods of analysis 10
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