Poslední úprava: Mgr. Ing. Kateřina Turková, Ph.D. (25.09.2023)
The course will be on-site, with hybrid option at the beginning of semester ONLY for the students with visa issues. Please enroll on the course's Moodle page in order to receive all relevant information: https://dl2.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=4094
Link for online access: https://meet.google.com/qah-emsv-hvb
The course has two main objectives. The first is to provide the relevant methodological and theoretical knowledge and skills, at an advanced level, which are necessary for MA students to produce an MA thesis, keeping in mind the diversity of the student group at the level of knowledge and skills, educational background, prior training and experience. The second objective is to guide individual students in developing the core design of their MA thesis project, at the level of their research questions, theoretical/conceptual framework, methods and research design, and textual structure.
Podmínky zakončení předmětu - angličtina
Poslední úprava: Mgr. Ing. Kateřina Turková, Ph.D. (24.09.2023)
submission of initial draft (by October 14, 2023) and full version of MA thesis proposal (by October 21)
submission of 5-10NP of coherent text (theory or methodology) due to the schedule
being opponent of the work of the colleagues
active participation in the seminars
The students should fulfil all abovementioned criteria to be able to pass the course.
Literatura - angličtina
Poslední úprava: Mgr. Ing. Kateřina Turková, Ph.D. (25.09.2023)
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.
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.
Watson, J. (2008). Media communication: An introduction to theory and process, 3rd ed. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Sylabus - angličtina
Poslední úprava: Mgr. Ing. Kateřina Turková, Ph.D. (24.10.2023)
This is a yearlong seminar during which time the students will start from general ideas about their MA thesis topic to the development of a full MA thesis. The seminars will be structured in the following way:
1. Each student will produce an initial brief draft of proposal (by October 14), which will include the proposed primary and secondary research questions, theoretical framework, the methodological framework and methods, the research design. These initial notes will be discussed with the course lecturers and participants, and will result in an updated full draft of proposal (by October 21), that should be further discussed and adjusted due to the recommendation of the supervisor and further knowledge.
2. 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. These tasks and lectures will help students to improve the final MA thesis proposal outlining all core elements of the MA thesis by November 15.
4. 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. The success of the seminar largely depends on students reading and engaging with assigned texts and each other’s work. Each student should submit and defend the topic of the MA thesis and the 5-10NP of coherent text (theory or methodology). The work shoud be submitted at least 5 days before a lecture where it will be discussed.
Assessments Fall semester:
submission of initial draft and full version of MA thesis proposal
submission of 5-10NP of coherent text (theory or methodology)
October 3, 2023: Introduction; course structure; formal requirements; going through the research proposal
October 10, 2023: Discussion about the topics and possible approaches; possible sources of information & literature
October 17, 2023: Comments on initial brief draft of proposal; overview of research methods
October 24, 2023: Comments on full draft of proposal; Mixed-methods research
October 31, 2023: Qualitative research methods: Mainly interviews + CDA
November 7, 2023: Quantitative research methods: Quantitative content analysis and other methods
November 14, 2023: Remaining methods (on request)
November 21, 2023: 6 presentations + feedback (3 minutes presentation of the text + 7 mins teacher's and students' feedback for each text) TEXT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 16, 2023 (23:59)
November 28, 2023: 6 presentations + feedback (3 minutes presentation of the text + 7 mins teacher's and students' feedback for each text) TEXT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 23, 2023 (23:59)
December 5, 2023: 6 presentations + feedback (3 minutes presentation of the text + 7 mins teacher's and students' feedback for each text) TEXT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 30, 2023 (23:59)
December 12, 2023: 5 presentations + feedback (3 minutes presentation of the text + 7 mins teacher's and students' feedback for each text) TEXT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: December 7, 2023 (23:59)
December 19, 2023: 5 presentations + feedback (3 minutes presentation of the text + 7 mins teacher's and students' feedback for each text) TEXT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 14, 2023 (23:59)
