Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Tutorial
Module Offerings
7527IST-APR-PAR
Aims
To produce a written dissertation that researches a key issue relating to News or
Sports Journalism and which demonstrates mastery in its analysis and evaluation
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Research aims and objectives, research questions and hypothesis; literature review and underpinning theories; paradigms: positivism and interpretivism; research methodologies: quantitative and qualitative approaches; research methods; data
collection and analysis; validity and reliability in research; ethical issues; writing up academic research.
Additional Information:The Dissertation is designed to allow students to demonstrate mastery of a limited subject area within News or Sports Journalism in a lengthy written piece of work which they have driven and managed
Assessments
Dissertation