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Diploma Thesis Seminar II - JJM468
Title: Diploma Thesis Seminar II
Czech title: Diplomový seminář II
Guaranteed by: Department of Journalism (23-KZ)
Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
Actual: from 2024
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 15
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/2, C [HT]
Capacity: unknown / 27 (30)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Belongs to the student work of type: diplomová práce
Note: enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: Mgr. Ing. Kateřina Turková, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): Mgr. Ing. Kateřina Turková, Ph.D.
Class: Courses not for incoming students
Annotation
This is a yearlong seminar during which time the students will start from general ideas about their dissertation topic to the development of a full MA thesis. The seminars will be structured in the following way: Phase One: Each student will produce an initial draft note, which will include the proposed primary and secondary research questions, theoretical framework, the methodological framework and methods, the research design and the table of contents. These initial notes will be discussed with the course lecturers and participants, resulting in an updated full draft note.
Phase Two: This phase will consist of a series of assignments and discussions dealing with: how to write an MA thesis - core components; putting methodology in practice; putting theory in practice; doing the literature review; and research ethics. Phase Three: In this phase, the updated full draft note will be revisited and revised, on the basis of the lectures (and ongoing discussions). This phase will result in the final MA thesis proposal outlining all core elements of the MA thesis. Phase Four: The aim of the fourth phase is to support students in writing their MA thesis by providing peer feed-back, in-class discussions and guidance from the course lecturer.
Moodle: https://dl2.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=4094
Assessment Fall semester: mandatory group assignments and submission of MA thesis proposal
Assessment Spring semester: mandatory individual assignments (text sample and its defense + oral and written review); data processing workshop
Last update: Turková Kateřina, Mgr. Ing., Ph.D. (03.02.2025)
Course completion requirements

Each student has to present the MA thesis progress:

Submission of a text sample (10 - 20 normative pages (NP = 1800 characters) of theory/methodology incl. list of literature) 6 days before the date of the presentation (seminar) - deadline every Tuesday 23:59 CET

be an opponent to the assigned text sample of the colleague (classmate):

The review should be submitted in a written form 2 days before the date of the presentation (seminar) - deadline every Saturday 23:59 CET

Range: 2 - 3 normative pages of text, including 2 recommendation of relevant literature that is not yet used in the text sample

and attend personally at least 2 sessions of the seminar (one as a presenter, one as an opponent).

 

Templates:

MA thesis: https://iksz.fsv.cuni.cz/en/study/ma-studies/erasmus-mundus-journalism-media-and-globalisation-emj (forms and regulations box)

Review: Moodle

Each student has to personally attend the data processing workshop on February 26 and March 5. The potential absence (due to serious reasons only) has to be consulted with the course guarantor. 

Last update: Turková Kateřina, Mgr. Ing., Ph.D. (03.02.2025)
Literature

Literature on research design and dissertation writing

  • Allison, B. and Race, P. (2004). The student's guide to preparing dissertations and theses. London: Routledge.
  • Bailey, S. (2003). Academic writing: A practical guide for students. Psychology Press.
  • Bell, J. (2010). Doing your research project: a guide for first-time researchers. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Education.
  • Heath, M., & Tynan, C. (2010). Crafting a research proposal. The Marketing Review, 10(2), 147-168.
  • Ormrod, R. P. (2023). How to structure a thesis, report or paper: a guide for students. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
  • Rudestam, K. E., & Newton, R. R. (2014). Surviving Your Dissertation: A Comprehensive Guide to Content and Process. SAGE Publications.
  • Thomas, R. M., & Brubaker, D. L. (2007). Theses and dissertations: A guide to planning, research, and writing. Corwin Press. 

Literature on methodology

General methods literature (including research ethics)

  • Altheide, D. L., & Schneider, C. J. (2013). Qualitative media analysis (2nd ed.). SAGE publications.
  • Berger, A. A. (2018). Media and communication research methods: An introduction to qualitative and quantitative approaches (5th ed.). SAGE Publications.
  • Hammersley, M. (2013). What is qualitative research? Bloomsbury.
  • Flick, U. (2017). The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Data Collection. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781526416070
  • Jensen, K. B. (Ed.). (2020). A handbook of media and communication research: Qualitative and quantitative methodologies (3rd ed.). Routledge.
  • Jensen, K. B., & Jankowski, N. W. (2002). A Handbook of qualitative methodologies for mass communication research. Routledge.
  • Krippendorff, K. (2004, 2013. 2018). Content analysis: an introduction to its methodology. SAGE Publications.
  • Mason, J. (2002). Qualitative Researching (2nd ed.). SAGE Publications.
  • Riffe, D., Lacy, S., Fico, F. (2019). Analyzing media messages: using quantitative content analysis in research (4th ed.). Routledge.
  • Saldaña, J. (2013) The coding manual for qualitative researchers (2nd ed.). SAGE Publications.
  • Silverman, D. (2010). Doing qualitative research: a practical handbook. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Part of older version available online at: https://fasstasticmethodologygroup.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/silverman2005.pdf
  • Silverman, D. (ed.) (2004). Qualitative research: theory, method, and practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Available online at: http://www.stiba-malang.com/uploadbank/pustaka/RM/QUALITATIVE%20THEORY%20METHOD%20PRACTICE.pdf or https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232481491_Qualitative_Research_Theory_Method_and_Practice

 Digital methods literature

  • Hargittai, E., Sandvig, C. (eds) (2015). Digital Research Confidential. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
  • Hine, C. (2015). Ethnography for the Internet. London: Bloomsbury Academic.
  • Kozinets, R.V. (2015). Netnography: Redefined. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Rogers, R. (2013). Digital Methods. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Literature on theory and literature review

  • Cooper, H. M. (1998). Synthesizing Research: A Guide for Literature Reviews. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
  • Hart, C. (1998). Doing a Literature Review: Releasing the Social Science Research Imagination. London: Sage [in association with] The Open University.
  • Galvan, J. L., Galvan, M. C. (2017). Writing Literature Reviews: A Guide for Students of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 7th Edition. New York: Routledge.
  • Laughey, D. (2007). Key Themes in Media Theory. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Education.
  • Littlejohn, S. W., Foss, K. A., Oetzel, J. (2016). Theories of Human Communication, Eleventh Edition. Long Grove: Waveland Press.
  • Ridley, D. (2008). The Literature Review: A Step-By-Step Guide for Students. London; Thousand Oaks: Sage.
  • Ritzer, G., Stepnisky, J. (2018). Sociological Theory, 10th Edition. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
  • Watson, J. (2008). Media communication: An introduction to theory and process, 3rd ed. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Last update: Turková Kateřina, Mgr. Ing., Ph.D. (02.02.2025)
Syllabus

Preliminary schedule (can be changed due to the circumstances):

Mo 17. 2. 2025 (15:30 - 16:50, H014): Introduction, course description, specification of requirements

We 26. 2. 2025 (9:00 - 12:20, C105): Data processing workshop with Mgr. Petr Čala, Jinonice

We 5. 3. 2025 (9:00 - 12:20, C105): Data processing workshop with Mgr. Petr Čala, Jinonice

Mo 10. 3. 2025 (15:30 - 16:50, H014): Explanation of the text samples and evaluation procedure

Mo 17. 3. 2025 (15:30 - 16:50, H014): Presentation of text samples (submission deadline 11. 3., review deadline 15. 3.)

Mo 24. 3. 2025 (15:30 - 16:50, H014): Presentation of text samples (submission deadline 18. 3., review deadline 22. 3.)

Mo 31. 3. 2025 (15:30 - 16:50, H014): Presentation of text samples (submission deadline 25. 3., review deadline 29. 3.)

Mo 7. 4. 2025 (15:30 - 16:50, H014): Presentation of text samples (submission deadline 1. 4., review deadline 5. 4.)

Mo 14. 4. 2025 (15:30 - 16:50, H014): Presentation of text samples (submission deadline 8. 4., review deadline 12. 4.)

Mo 21. 4. 2025 Easter holiday, lesson won't be held

Mo 14. 4. 2025 (15:30 - 16:50, H014): Presentation of text samples (submission deadline 8. 4., review deadline 12. 4.)

Mo 28. 4. 2025 (15:30 - 16:50, H014): Presentation of text samples (submission deadline 15. 4., review deadline 26. 4.)

Mo 5. 5. 2025 (15:30 - 16:50, H014): Presentation of text samples (submission deadline 28. 4., review deadline 3. 5.)

Mo 12. 5. 2025 (15:30 - 16:50, H014): Self-study

Last update: Turková Kateřina, Mgr. Ing., Ph.D. (03.02.2025)
 
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