Postgraduate GRF-COM190-2023

Communication Research Skills

Maximise your effectiveness as a researcher by adding new skills and strategies to your toolkit. Utilise information resources. Learn how to structure effective study plans. Draw on research methodologies including semiotic and content analysis.

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Duration

13 weeks

Study method

100% Online

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Assessments

100% online

Prior study

Not required

Start dates

06 Mar 2023

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Subject details

What you'll learn

At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

use library and other information resources effectively
work efficiently and confidently in the postgraduate communications program
read, comprehend and write in key academic and other writing formats
conduct semiotic analyses of how texts signify meanings and how users interpret them
choose and use appropriate techniques of content analysis for specific research tasks
understand and use quantitative and qualitative methods to research communications texts, formats, practices, and users/audiences.

Topics covered

- Introducing Communication Research Skills
- Library and other research resources
- Academic writing formats, skills and strategies (I)
- Academic writing formats, skills and strategies (II)
- The contexts and ethics of communication research
- Semiotics
- Content analysis
- Quantitative research
- Qualitative research
- Mixed methods

Entry requirements

In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

GRF-MCM-GCE-2022
GRF-MCM-GCE-2023

Elective

UNE-PRO-GCE-2023
OUA-PSU-GCE-2022
UNE-PRO-GCE-2022
OUA-PSU-GCE-2023

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Description

Communication Research Skills equips you with foundational knowledge and skills needed to research a range of communication forms, practices, audiences, and institutions. It is comprised of two modules. Foundations (Weeks 1-5) deals with the following topics: using the university library and other information resources; academic writing formats, skills and strategies; effective study practices and habits; and the work contexts and ethics of communication research. Methods (Weeks 6-10) introduces key methodologies used in researching communication texts, practices and users/audiences: semiotic analysis, content analysis, quantitative techniques, and qualitative techniques.

Assessments

Literature Review (30%)
Research Report (45%)
Seminar and Discuss Board (25%)

Textbooks

Current study term: 05 Mar 23 to 02 Jun 23

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Related degrees

Postgraduate GRF-MCM-GCE-2023

Graduate Certificate in Communication

Postgraduate UNE-PRO-GCE-2023

Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice

Postgraduate OUA-PSU-GCE-2023

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