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Postgraduate GRF-COM190-2021

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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$2,687 $2,937

Your upfront cost: $0

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Duration

13 weeks

Study method

100% online

Available loans

  • FEE-HELP

Assessments

100% online

Prior study

Not required

Study terms

  • 08 Mar 2021
  • 19 Jul 2021
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With a network of campuses across Brisbane and the Gold Coast, Griffith University is committed to progressive multidisciplinary teaching and research and a valuable online provider with Open Universities Australia. Already attracting students from more than 122 countries, Griffith's dedication to academic excellence is available across Australia through OUA.

QS RANKING 2021

18

Times Higher Education Ranking 2021

13

  • 2021

Subject details

What you'll learn

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

  1. use library and other information resources effectively
  2. work efficiently and confidently in the postgraduate communications program
  3. read, comprehend and write in key academic and other writing formats
  4. conduct semiotic analyses of how texts signify meanings and how users interpret them
  5. choose and use appropriate techniques of content analysis for specific research tasks
  6. 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-2021
Elective
  • OUA-PSU-GCE-2021
  • UNE-PRO-GCE-2021

Special requirements

No special 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 (20%)
  • Research Case Study (20%)
  • Research Report (40%)
  • Seminar and Discuss Board (20%)
Textbooks

Check the learning management system (LMS) of your university for textbook details.

Check the learning management system (LMS) of your university for textbook details.

Related degrees

Postgraduate GRF-MCM-GCE-2021

Graduate Certificate in Communication

Postgraduate OUA-PSU-GCE-2021

Postgraduate Single Subjects

Postgraduate UNE-PRO-GCE-2021

Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice

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