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How to Do Literature Review in Mass Media Research.pptx
The document outlines a structured approach to conducting a literature review, emphasizing the importance of defining a central research question and determining the scope of the review. It provides guidance on selecting databases, conducting searches, and systematically analyzing the literature, including factors like research methodologies and potential biases. Additionally, it encourages thorough documentation of searches and critical evaluation of conflicting studies and author credibility.
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- 1. Choose atopic. Define your research question. Your literature review should be guided by a central research question. Remember, it is not a collection of loosely related studies in a field but instead represents background and research developments related to a specific research question, interpreted and analyzed by you in a synthesized way. Decide on the scope of your review. How many studies do you need to look at? How comprehensive should it be? How many years should it cover? 10/14/2022 How to do Literature Review Muhammad Awais (facebook.com/awwaiis)
- 2. Select thedatabases you will use to conduct your searches. Make a list of the databases you will search. Remember to include comprehensive databases such as WorldCat and Dissertations & Theses, if you need to. Conduct your searches and find the literature. Keep track of your searches! Review the abstracts of research studies carefully. This will save you time. Write down the searches you conduct in each database so that you may duplicate them if you need to later (or avoid dead-end searches that you'd forgotten you'd already tried). Use the bibliographies and references of research studies you find to locate others. 10/14/2022 Muhammad Awais (facebook.com/awwaiis)
- 3. Review theliterature. Some questions to help you analyze the research: What was the research question of the study you are reviewing? What were the authors trying to discover? Was the research funded by a source that could influence the findings? What were the research methodologies? Analyze its literature review, the samples and variables used, the results, and the conclusions. Does the research seem to be complete? Could it have been conducted more soundly? What further questions does it raise? If there are conflicting studies, why do you think that is? How are the authors viewed in the field? Has this study been cited?; if so, how has it been analyzed? 10/14/2022 Muhammad Awais (facebook.com/awwaiis)