Магистратура
2026/2027
Научно-исследовательский семинар
Статус:
Курс обязательный (Современные медиаисследования и аналитика/ Contemporary Media Research)
Кто читает:
Институт медиа
Где читается:
Факультет креативных индустрий
Когда читается:
1-й курс, 1-3 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
64
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This course aims at training students in developing a research design methodologically. In particular, the students are asked to work individually in developing a research plan for their master thesis. They will be asked to present a concrete research question, to develop a sampling or data gathering approach that suits their research question, and to advance a preliminary literature review of relevant and up-to-date academic sources for their work. In the seminars, the students are required to present each task in the classroom and to discuss and explain their methodological choices. Each task will require the writing of weekly reports where methodological steps are explained in detail.
Learning Objectives
- Understand how to write a comprehensive research plan
- Engage in sampling design
- Understand the kind of data required for your research
- Learn to search for the right academic literature for your work
- Distinguish between the different academic sources and hierarchize the most useful ones
- Present and defend your research design in a peer audience
- Comment on the work of others
- Comment on the work of others
- Write reports explaining the different stages of your research plan
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Understand how to write a comprehensive research plan
- Engage in sampling design
- Understand the kind of data required for your research
- Learn to search for the right academic literature for your work
- Distinguish between the different academic sources and hierarchize the most useful ones
- Present and defend your research design in a peer audience
- Comment on the work of others
- Write reports explaining the different stages of your research plan
- Engage in qualitative analysis methods
- Do qualitative sampling
- Conduct qualitative content analysis
- Perform framing analysis
- Use narrative theory and concepts analytically
- Understand the logics of qualitative research
- Do qualitative sampling.
- Engage in qualitative ana1ysis methods
Course Contents
- Developing a research design
- Qualitative text analysis
- Qualitative and Quantitative text analysis
Assessment Elements
- Successful completion of seminar tasks
- 1000-word written reports on qualitative content analysis and narrative analysis
- Attendance to all lectures and seminars
Interim Assessment
- 2026/2027 2nd module0.3 * 1000-word written reports on qualitative content analysis and narrative analysis + 0.5 * Successful completion of seminar tasks + 0.2 * Attendance to all lectures and seminars
- 2026/2027 3rd module0.5 * Successful completion of seminar tasks + 0.3 * 1000-word written reports on qualitative content analysis and narrative analysis + 0.2 * Attendance to all lectures and seminars
- 2027/2028 1st module0.5 * Successful completion of seminar tasks + 0.3 * 1000-word written reports on qualitative content analysis and narrative analysis + 0.2 * Attendance to all lectures and seminars
- 2027/2028 2nd module0.5 * Successful completion of seminar tasks + 0.3 * 1000-word written reports on qualitative content analysis and narrative analysis + 0.2 * Attendance to all lectures and seminars
- 2027/2028 3rd module0.3 * 1000-word written reports on qualitative content analysis and narrative analysis + 0.5 * Successful completion of seminar tasks + 0.2 * Attendance to all lectures and seminars
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Basics of social research : qualitative and quantitative approaches, Neuman, W. L., 2012
- Qualitative research and evaluation methods, Patton, M. Q., 2002
- The Oxford handbook of quantitative methods. Vol. 1: Foundations, , 2013
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- A companion to qualitative research, , 2010
- Blending qualitative and quantitative research methods in theses and dissertations, Thomas, R. M., 2003
- Doing qualitative research : a practical handbook, Silverman, D., 2006
- The Oxford handbook of quantitative methods. Vol.2: Statistical analysis, , 2013