Successfully completing a research project is a major milestone in most university degrees, and the cornerstone of an academic career. This textbook is an accessible, real-time guide to conducting academic research in international and cross-cultural settings.
Successfully completing a research project is a major milestone in most university degrees, and the cornerstone of an academic career. This textbook is an accessible, real-time guide to conducting academic research in international and cross-cultural settings.
M. I. Franklin is Reader and Director of the Global Media & Transnational Communications program at Goldsmiths (University of London, UK). With an academic background in the Humanities (History and Music) and Social Sciences (Politics) she has held teaching and research positions in Humanities, Social Science, and Engineering faculties in New Zealand, the Netherlands, USA, and the UK. She has received research funding from Social Science Research Council (USA) and Ford Foundation and awards for teaching excellence in the UK. Previous books include Postcolonial Politics, the Internet, and Everyday Life: Pacific Traversals Online (Routledge) and Resounding International Relations: On Music, Culture and Politics (Palgrave MacMillan). Digital Dilemmas: Power, Resistance and the Internet will be out in 2013 (Oxford University Press).
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1. Introduction: Aims & Objectives Who Should Read This Book Using this Book in Context What is academic research? On Divides Real & Imagined Key Concepts and their various uses Chapter Organization. PART I - Divides & Designs 2. Putting Research into Perspective: Introduction Key Elements of a Research Project Looking Ahead: Milestones, Destinations, & Expectations What is a Dissertation/Thesis? What is a Research Proposal/Outline? What is Originality? Getting Started - Deciding a Topic Theory and Method - Of Carts and Horses Concluding Comments. 3. Research in Practice: First Steps in Project Design: Introduction Main Stages in a Research Project Work-Plans & Proposals From Research Topic to Research Question or Hypothesis On Science, Worldviews, and other Brainteasers Other Practical Matters Recognizing and Setting Your Limits Research Ethics and Codes of Practice: More than ticking boxes The Supervisory Relationship Methodological Coping Strategies - Plotting a Course Concluding Comments. 4. The Politics of Research: Living with Your Choices: Introduction Doing Research Today: Location, Location, Location Literature Searches and the Literature Review Historical & Philosophical Note Purpose and Categories of literature reviews Practicalities Pitfalls Rules of Thumb Process & Product Finding the literature the web or library? Sources & Resources that matter Acknowledging Sources What is plagiarism? Research Communities & (Multiple) Disciplinary Identities Concluding Comments. 5. Internet Research Skills & Online Research: Introduction Setting the record straight Back the Future: A Quick Prequel The Internet as resource Online data-gathering & analysis & Digital Tools Online Research: Fields, Relationships, Ethics Web-Analysis: Sites, maps, and hypertexts Summing up. PART II - Coping & Communicating 6. Doing Research - Gathering Data: Introduction to Part Two Chapter Aims and Organization Data-Gathering Techniques - Review Surveys & Questionnaires Interviews Focus Groups Ethnographic Fieldwork & Participant-Observation Summing Up - Repositioning the Divide. 7. Doing Research - Analysing Findings: Introduction What is analysis? Working with Texts - Content Analysis, Textual/Visual Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Deductive and Inductive Paths to Knowledge Behaviouralism & its Discontents Data-Analysis as Process and Product Concluding Comments. 8. Writing it All Up and Going Public: Introduction What is academic writing? Writing Formalities - Citation & Styles Guides Feedback - Examinations & Going Public Procrastination and Prevarications Coping and Moving On - Creatively Revising and Editing - what to look for The Final Cut - What to remember. 9. In Conclusion: Reappraising Divides Imagined and Real To the Exit and Afterlife of a Research Project.
1. Introduction: Aims & Objectives Who Should Read This Book Using this Book in Context What is academic research? On Divides Real & Imagined Key Concepts and their various uses Chapter Organization. PART I - Divides & Designs 2. Putting Research into Perspective: Introduction Key Elements of a Research Project Looking Ahead: Milestones, Destinations, & Expectations What is a Dissertation/Thesis? What is a Research Proposal/Outline? What is Originality? Getting Started - Deciding a Topic Theory and Method - Of Carts and Horses Concluding Comments. 3. Research in Practice: First Steps in Project Design: Introduction Main Stages in a Research Project Work-Plans & Proposals From Research Topic to Research Question or Hypothesis On Science, Worldviews, and other Brainteasers Other Practical Matters Recognizing and Setting Your Limits Research Ethics and Codes of Practice: More than ticking boxes The Supervisory Relationship Methodological Coping Strategies - Plotting a Course Concluding Comments. 4. The Politics of Research: Living with Your Choices: Introduction Doing Research Today: Location, Location, Location Literature Searches and the Literature Review Historical & Philosophical Note Purpose and Categories of literature reviews Practicalities Pitfalls Rules of Thumb Process & Product Finding the literature the web or library? Sources & Resources that matter Acknowledging Sources What is plagiarism? Research Communities & (Multiple) Disciplinary Identities Concluding Comments. 5. Internet Research Skills & Online Research: Introduction Setting the record straight Back the Future: A Quick Prequel The Internet as resource Online data-gathering & analysis & Digital Tools Online Research: Fields, Relationships, Ethics Web-Analysis: Sites, maps, and hypertexts Summing up. PART II - Coping & Communicating 6. Doing Research - Gathering Data: Introduction to Part Two Chapter Aims and Organization Data-Gathering Techniques - Review Surveys & Questionnaires Interviews Focus Groups Ethnographic Fieldwork & Participant-Observation Summing Up - Repositioning the Divide. 7. Doing Research - Analysing Findings: Introduction What is analysis? Working with Texts - Content Analysis, Textual/Visual Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Deductive and Inductive Paths to Knowledge Behaviouralism & its Discontents Data-Analysis as Process and Product Concluding Comments. 8. Writing it All Up and Going Public: Introduction What is academic writing? Writing Formalities - Citation & Styles Guides Feedback - Examinations & Going Public Procrastination and Prevarications Coping and Moving On - Creatively Revising and Editing - what to look for The Final Cut - What to remember. 9. In Conclusion: Reappraising Divides Imagined and Real To the Exit and Afterlife of a Research Project.
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