Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Seminar
Tutorial
Module Offerings
7501FDM-SEP_NS-PAR
Aims
In the Research Methods module students gain an understanding of the key concepts and procedures available to assist them in establishing a knowledge base required for successful project, business and career management. Based on their requirements as clarified in the preceding Learning Agreement assignment, students select a topic and an appropriate investigative methodology that supports their defined project and career needs, and evaluate findings in the context of their own learning trajectory, relevant industry debates and wider social trends affecting audience behaviour. Thus the module lays the foundation for exploration of the student project context in the subsequent Planning module.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Construct research questions or hypotheses that support project, business and career development
2.
Identify appropriate sources including relevant literature and review these critically
3.
Formulate and evaluate the relevant ethical, political, legal and social issues that need to be considered when carrying out research in support of film and TV productions
4.
Critically appraise the appropriate approaches to research design, sampling and analysis
5.
Demonstrate a critical understanding of relevant philosophical and theoretical approaches when researching film and digital environments
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Module Leader facilitated study groups discuss:
- The role of research in preparing successful productions, businesses or maintaining prolific careers
- Formulating an effective research question
- Selecting methodologies for establishing knowledge about films and relevant media, filmmakers, procedures, institutions, as
well as effects on audiences
- Understanding assumptions underlying research methodology, categories of investigative approaches and implications for data selection
- The role of the reflective research