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1. Common Ways of Knowing
2. Problems with Common Ways of Knowing
3. Evil Plot to Develop Competent Information Consumers
4. Scientific Ways of Knowing
5. Other ways of knowing.... Research
6. What is Communication Research?
7. [Social Scientific] Communication Research at Iowa
8. Primary vs Secondary Research
9. What is a journal? ("social scientific research methodsly" speaking)
10. [Secondary] Research through databases
11. Deconstructing Journal Articles
12. But what if I can't find it in a database?
13. Publishing and Predators
14. Evaluating Online Information: Research and Disinformation Series
15. Evaluating Online Information: Overview
16. Lateral vs vertical reading - Lecture for COM 1305
17. Evaluating Online Information: Lateral Reading
18. Evaluating Online Information: Bias & Disinformation
19. Evaluating Online Information: Types of Misinformation
20. Evaluating Online Information: Reverse Image Searching
21. Evaluating Online Information: Logical Fallacies
22. Evaluating Online Information: Fact-Checking Resources
23. Evaluating Online Information: Additional Resources
24. Paradigms -- What's in the box?
25. The Dreaded Ologies -- An Introduction (with a side of paradigm)
26. Methodology Broadly: Social Scientific and Interpretive Approaches
27. Qualitative vs. Quantitative Research [brief overview]
28. Paradigms Extended (added per request)
29. Paradigm Images
30. PPT Slides - Paradigms, what's in the box metaphor
31. Iowa = Communication Famous (Becker)
32. Iowa = Communication Famous (Schramm)
33. Logical Systems: Induction and Deduction
34. Everyday Knowing vs. Scholarly Theories
35. Communication Theory: A Foundation for Understanding
36. The Interplay of Research and Communication Theories
37. OG Theories in Communication Research
38. Multiple Approaches to Research Design/Methodology
39. Quantitative Methods in Communication Research
40. Qualitative Methods in Communication Research
41. Mixed Methods in Communication Research
42. Consuming Research Articles: The Central Question
43. JARS - It's not what you think
44. Article Navigation - Redux
45. Comparing and Contrasting Reporting Standards
46. What is Qualitative Research?
47. Characteristics of Qualitative Research
48. What counts as data and how do you get it? (inanimate)
49. What counts as data and how do you get it? (it's....alive!) - Interviews
50. What counts...focus groups and observations
51. Should You Believe It?
52. Basic Components of Sampling
53. Determining Representativeness
54. Considerations When Sampling
55. Determining Sample Size
56. Probability Sampling
57. Non-Probability Sampling
58. Where in an article to find the deets on sampling
59. Variables; Operational and Conceptual Definitions
60. Variable oh variable! Wherefore art thou o' variable?
61. On being skeptical [about concepts and variables]
62. RQs - Definition, Fact, Association, Causation
63. HYs- Association, Causation, Direction
64. Independent and Dependent Variables Related to Causation
65. Games referenced in the lecture video from RQs - Definition, Fact, Association, Causation
66. Basic vs Applied Research
67. Proprietary Research vs. Scholarly Research
68. Problems with Scientific Ways of Knowing
69. Translation
70. How to be a successful student
71. Course Purpose and Objectives
72. Learning OUTCOMES
73. How to use canvas (ICON)
Basic Methods Vocab
Unit 4-5: Metatheoretical Considerations (I know, it’s a mouthful)
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