Communication Studies

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Submitted by Alexander Justice on June 11th, 2015
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Introduces the ethical dimension of finding, using, and sharing images in the context of the undergraduate research assignment

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Students will understand the ethical aspects of finding, using, and sharing images; will engage with copyright issues and concepts of intellectual property; and will find and analyze specific images as examples

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Suggested Citation: 
Justice, Alexander. " Using images : copyright and public domain." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2015. https://projectcora.org/assignment/using-images-copyright-and-public-domain.
Submitted by Dean Scheibel on June 10th, 2015
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Students are asked to reflect on their experience writing a required “literature review” for the course through a first-person “comic.” The visual narrative format allows students to come to terms with their own experience of what was hard, easy, or confusing about the literature review process and express it in a creative way.

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To reflect on the process of writing and executing a thorough Review of the Literature on a topic within the field of Communication Studies

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Scheibel, Dean. "Using Comics to Reflect on Academic Work." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2015. https://projectcora.org/assignment/using-comics-reflect-academic-work.
Submitted by Susan Archambault on June 9th, 2015
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Students pick a topic related to Communication Studies (or another social science discipline) and then define the topic operationally by finding a way to measure it. They test out their instrument on a partner.

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  • To prepare the student to assess the appropriateness of various research methods in response to questions asked by communication researchers
  • To build general knowledge of both quantitative and qualitative research methods and objectives

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Additional Instructor Resources (e.g. in-class activities, worksheets, scaffolding applications, supplemental modules, further readings, etc.): 

SDSU Test Finder for Books

SDSU Test Finder for Journal Articles

Suggested Citation: 
Archambault, Susan. "Measure a Concept." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2015. https://projectcora.org/assignment/measure-concept.

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