COM3706 - Communication Research (COMMUNICATIONSCIENCE)
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DECLARATION OF OWN WORK
I,
(NAME and SURNAME) confirm that:
this MODULE contains my own, original ideas and work
those ideas, or work, that are not my own, have been cited through the
prescribed referencing system which I have familiarised myself with in
the TL CMNALL/E/301
I have not submitted the ideas or work contained in this MODULE for
any other tertiary education credit
I have read the University’s Policy of Research Ethics
I have read and understood the PLAGIARISM POWERPOINT FOR
UNDER-GRADUATE STUDIES (available under ADDITIONAL
SOURCES on myUnisa)
I have familiarised myself with the library guides ON PLAGIARISM AND
ETHICS offered by Unisa’s library:
https://libguides.unisa.ac.za/research-support/plagiarism
I have read and understood Unisa’s Policy for Copyright Infringement
and Plagiarism, and I am aware that plagiarism is punishable in terms
of the Copyright Act (Act 98 of 1978) and I have read the regulations of
the University of South Africa in this respect, available online:
,TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE
INTRODUCTION 1
1 MAIN ISSUE 1
2 RESEARCH CRITERIA 1
2.1 Relevance 1
2.2 Researchability 2
2.3 Feasibility 2
2.4 Ethics 2
3 EXTENT 2
4 POPULATION 3
4.1 Target population 3
4.2 Accessible population 3
4.3 Population characteristics 3
4.4 Unit of analysis 3
5 FOUR ASSUMPTIONS AND FOUR SUB-ISSUES 4
5.1 Four assumptions 4
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 7
9.3 Qualitative and quantitative research 7
9.4 Nature of the questions used in the content analysis 8
, 9.5 Nature of the articles 8
9.6 Methods of analysis 9
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