Unit 1: How do we Know Things?
How do we Know Things?
You and Social Scientific Communication Research Methods: A Love Affair.
Ok, fine, I’ll settle for all of us getting through this together in one piece. But for real: Knowing about research methods and how they affect the outcomes that are generally shared with you via media is invaluable. And I *hope* that you’ll get to the point where you recognize and appreciate methods, and can be confident in knowing, with certainty, what you should believe.
You’re new, you’re fresh, you’re shiny. The world is your oyster.
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After this unit you should be able to:
- Navigate this course. (Aligns with Learning Outcomes 1 & 2).
- Provide examples of where knowledge comes from. (Aligns with Learning Outcome 1).
Unit 1: How do we Know Things?
2. Problems with Common Ways of Knowing
3. Evil Plot to Develop Competent Information Consumers
4. Would you like to write your own exam questions?
We’re going to cover some pretty complicated concepts in this course. I recommend that you watch this video at the outset of each unit, and think about the major concepts and how they related to the content of each unit. Each unit has an entire chapter dedicated to the concepts described in this video. You will only be tested on the concepts when they are included in a chapter. Re-watching this video allows you to think about how the concepts all fit together.