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The topic should be media related (more in the file)

5 is the minimal amount of sources

but feel free to hand it in earlier and also send an email if you do so.

This consists of 1 assignments, viz.:

1. Research Proposal (setting up a focus group)

Research proposal

A research proposal is a document with a rationale and a plan for proposed research. It generally constitutes a request for sponsorship of that research and can be considered as a pitch for time/money. Proposals are evaluated based on the potential impact of the proposed research and the soundness of the plan for carrying it out. Research proposals generally address several key points:

• What question is being answered
• How the research will benefit the organization (and or other parties)
• What prior research has been done on the topic
• How this research will be executed
• How the results will be evaluated

Your research proposal will need to be a proposal for qualitative research, conducting a semi-structured interview with a focus group.

• What concept(s) you use and for which organization is up to you. You might want to investigate a topic related to organisational behaviour within a media company.
  • (WRITERS CHOICE)
• Evaluate a media product or service by conducting a focus group among its intended target group.
  • (WRITERS CHOICE)
• Identify a problem within this context, make sense of this problem using theories and research results and argue what the research gap is.
  • (WRITERS CHOICE)
• Explain your method, operationalise relevant concepts to an interview guide and construct a coding sheet.
  • (WRITERS CHOICE)

Structure and layout

• Introduction
  • Describes the context/background of the problem.
  • Describes the significance of the study (rationale/purpose/importance).
  • Defines the specific problem/topic (and subtopics/problems) to be studied.
  • Defines the research objective.

• Literature review
  • Chosen sources fit the issue and this written part (chapter) synthesizes the information from the chosen sources.
  • Identifies substantive aspects of the problem (concepts to be measured / topics to be studied).
  • Describes methods and techniques used in related research (what methods have others employed to study similar topics?).
  • Identifies research (sub) questions or research themes.

• Method
  • Describes and justifies what approach and method will be used.
  • Operationalizes the problem/topic.
  • Explains and justifies data collection techniques and procedures (instruments). How will the data/information be obtained?
  • Describes and justifies the sampling design or alternatively the choice of information sources.
  • Explains data analysis techniques and procedures.

• List of references according to APA guidelines

• Papers do not exceed 3,000 words of text in the body
• Paper adheres to the required structure (see below)
• Proper use of the English/Dutch language, meaning no more than 3 spelling/grammar mistakes per page