Exam Review & Exam 1
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Review
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- Scientific Reasoning
- Knowledge that is derived by testing and/or observing in a systematic manner
- o Characteristics of Research (_______)
- It is potentially ______
- It is _____ and self-critical
- Reflexivity is an attitude of attending _______ to the context of knowledge construction, especially to the effect of the ______, at every step of the research process
- It is cumulative and ______
- Research is supposed to accumulate and build
- o Research
- The activity of conducting ________ _______ into the observable world
- o Three types of research:
- _______________: Focuses less on the observable world and more on interactions; how they come to exist, function, and affect human experience.
- _______________: Looks at how we construct meaning through communication.
- _______________: Studies the construction, use, and abuse of power and control in a culture, situation, organization or community.
- o “Where” do com scholars research?
- Businesses and Organizations
- Media
- Politics
- Health /Health Care
- ”Relationships”
- Interpersonal
- Group
- Dyadic (between people)
- Family
- o Researchers are not limited to just one context or process, in fact many overlap.
- o Another important fact is when communication research is published they use ____, ____ and, ______ to format.
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