RMC final

From what media and communication research methods cannot and should not be discussed or understood in isolation?

• From the theories, which have guided media and communication research.

• From the models which have guided media and communication research.

• From the socio-political concerns which have guided media and communication research.

• All the above

Under which main headings does Oliver Boyd-Barrett (2002), groups media and communication research?

• Oliver Boyd-Barrett groups media and communication research under the main headings of effects research, cultural studies and political economy.

• Oliver Boyd-Barrett groups media and communication research under the main headings of cultural studies and political economy.

• Oliver Boyd-Barrett groups media and communication research under the main headings of effects research, cultural studies.

• Oliver Boyd-Barrett groups media and communication research under the main headings of effects research, cultural studies and social studies.

The key influences on the development of the media and communication research field then can be identified and summarised as

• Technological

• Disciplinary

• Political.

• All the above

All research must start by _______

• ‘asking the right questions’, duly informed by existing research, knowledge and theory, and only then consider which method or methods might be most suitable for addressing the issue or problem at hand.

• asking the right questions’, duly informed by existing research and only then consider which method or methods might be most suitable for addressing the issue or problem at hand.

• ‘asking the right questions’, duly informed by existing research, knowledge and theory.

• method or methods might be most suitable for addressing the issue or problem at hand.

Never should research start by choosing a method before considering _______

• what frameworks to draw on

• what research questions to ask and what theoretical frameworks to draw on.

•  what research questions to ask and what frameworks to draw on.

• what research questions to ask.

Research is not principally about gathering _______that lends itself to easy collection or analysis, but rather about using/choosing the right methodological tools for addressing ‘relevant’ questions.

• Analysis.

• Questions

•  data.

•  collection

How is the opinion of Murdock on the research questions addressed by media and communication research?

• Murdock is clear that the research questions addressed by media and communication research must be anchored by their social relevance and historical awareness, and must deal in a social scientific and critical way with questions of power, structure and change in society.

• Murdock is clear that the research questions addressed by media and communication research must be anchored by their historical awareness, and must deal in a social scientific and critical way with questions of power, structure and change in society.

•  Murdock is clear that the research questions addressed by media and communication research must be anchored by their social relevance and historical awareness, and must deal in a social scientific and critical way with questions of power in society.

• Murdock is clear that the research questions addressed by media and communication research must be anchored by their social relevance and historical awareness.

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Which considerations of relevance of research?

• Considerations about the social, political and policy relevance of research.

• Considerations about the political relevance of research.

• Considerations about the social relevance of research.

• Considerations about the policy relevance of research.

What is scholarly research?

• Scholarly research is something that people undertake in order to find out things in a systematic way, thereby increasing their knowledge.

• Looking for information about something.

•  Scholarly research is something that people undertake in order to find out things to increase their knowledge.

• Scholarly research is theory based.

What is the difference between scholarly and everyday research?

• Scholarly research is more systematic, more objective, more careful, and more concerned about correctness and truthfulness than everyday research.

• Historians focus on economic, political and social considerations.

• Scholarly research is finding out things.

• Scholarly research is finding out things.