CMN2101- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 26 pages long!)
4 Oct 2017
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Research methods in com"s / sept 19 (theories, concepts, and epistemology) Theories that have two purposes - explains phenomenon and make predictions about phenomenon and drawing a relationship between theories. A concept is just a label to a phenomenon. Ex: broken windows theory is where someone lives is subject to graf ti, and literal broken windows. It was a concept and a larger theory came from it. No sense of investment in local inhabitants in their live space, no connection there would want to improve community then theres going to be a cycle. Longitude research design is a research design that is designed to measure a phenomenon over time for comparative purposes. > attempt to understand from time a to time b. *****-> ex see increase in kids watching tv to increase in violence over the past 5 years. Look at content on nature that is being viewed - this is research design that helps and observe relationship.
