week 1: becoming a learner, communication and research, reading communication research, APA Flashcards
communication
a process based on interaction between humans, where people create, share, and manage meaning
transactional
communication is a continuous cycle of sending and receiving information
constitutive
communication is a mechanism that constructs reality
process of message production
the way messages are produced, transmitted, and made sense of by people
content of messages
the makeup of a message; can be studied from a variety of perspectives
effects of messages
psychological, behavioral, or a combination of both impacts of messages
National Communication Association (NCA)
a professional organization for communication researchers and teachers
research
a careful and conscious method of inquiry that generates knowledge
scientific method
a prominent way to conduct research and generate knowledge that uses predictions and systematic investigation to establish facts
annotated bibliography
a summary and evaluation of a series of articles on a given topic
interdisciplinary
refers to researchers in many different fields of study contributing to the understanding of communication and that research on communication is useful in many areas of study
abstract
a succinct summary of the whole article
literature review
contains the article’s main arguments for doing the study and reviews the literature important for understanding the study
method
contains information about the study’s participants, data, and the procedures the researchers followed to conduct the research
results/findings
answers the research questions or describes the outcome of the hypothesis testing the researchers did
discussion
the author makes sense of the findings or results by summarizing and putting the findings into conversation with existing literature
theoretical implications
how the work contributes to theory
practical applications
how the work helps solve practical challenges that everyday people face
limitations
learn what the researchers think should be done next in this area of research and learn from the limitations of the study about how to conduct similar studies even better in the future
fatal flaw
means the findings or results are unable to be interpreted (or biased for post-positive scholarship) because of a major limitation in the study design
references
all the journal articles, book chapters, books, or other sources the authors used to make their arguments an explain their methods and results in the body of the paper
APA
stands for the American Psychological Association, and it is one of several writing styles
plagiarism
the failure to properly cite sources, which results in taking credit for someone else’s words or ideas
