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SCHEDULE: 2734-schedule-2

YOUR QUESTIONS: 13-qs-20082

CHOOSING A QUESTION & STARTING RESEARCH

 

Here’s a single page summary of what the options are and what the exam involves.2734-critical-research-study-introduction8

 

If you need more detail, click on this link to the exam board’s own specification. Click on the link and then focus on pages 48-52.  specification

 

Here’s some advice on selecting a topic and some basic ideas of what makes a good ‘topic’ 2734-choosing-a-topic.doc

 

It might be useful to see questions that previous students have constructed. Please try to avoid simply adopting one of these questions. The key is to make the Research Study reflect your own particular interests: 13-question-master-list.doc

 

Once you start researching, you need to make sure that you are recording information correctly and keeping an accurate list of references. To help you with this, read this: research-advice-for-the-critical-research-project.doc

PREPARING & REFLECTING ON YOUR PRIIMARY RESEARCH

The following document should give you some pointers on how to reflect on your research:

research-master13-qs-20082

 

WRITING QUESTION1:

Here’s some notes on what makes a good Q1 and a basic outline of how to approach it. 2734-q1-master-advice

WRITING QUESTION 2: answering-question-2-2734.doc

 

Here are some notes that I put together on common mistakes and things to look out for:  DO & AVOID

 

PREPARING YOUR NOTES & COVER SHEETS

 

Some final points on how to make your notes and what to put on the cover sheet 2734-final-count.doc

 

If you don’t believe me, here’s some checklists of things to do from another school’s blog. Ignore the references to Proquest – we don’t have access to it.

http://www.longroadmedia.com/yr13_research.html

http://longroadcriticalresearch.blogspot.com/2006/12/ideal-project.html

http://longroadcriticalresearch.blogspot.com/2006/12/what-you-have-to-do10-tips.html

 

MARK SCHEME

Here’s the official exam board mark scheme. Click on the link and look at pages 23-26.mark scheme

 

Here’s a very simple checklist of what examiners will need to see in Q1:mark-scheme-in-brief.doc

 

SAMPLE / MODEL ANSWERS

I have got quite a few sample answers for the different topics but you should also take a look at the following:

 

 

 

sample answers

women & film model answer

LINKS

Take a look a the Long Road pages on Critical Research. 

I have sugggested that you all try to include some element of Audience/Effects in your project, here are some good links for this:

 

 

Mass media effects: introduction

Effects research: glossary

Media influence

Ill Effects: The Media Violence Debate – by Martin Barker

Media Effects: Advances in Theory and Research – by Jennings Bryant

Ten things wrong with the effects model by David Gauntlett

 

‘Ruination once again’ – Cases in the study of media effects by Tom Gormley.