COM 3310 Artifact of Media

COM 3310 Artifact of Media Literature Review

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COM 3310 Artifact of Media Literature Review

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By now, you have read through the existing literature on your topic, you have crafted a specific purpose, you have written an introduction that provides a rationalization for the project, and you have outlined your literature review and elements of your analysis. At this stage, it is time to begin filling out the main ideas of your literature review so that they form a coherent justification for your thesis statement and help you accomplish your specific purpose.

The literature review draft should include your synthesis of previous research, theory, and writings to inform the reader of the notable, published research in your topic area. You should also identify relationships, gaps, contradictions, and inconsistencies in the literature reviewed.

A literature review has two main purposes: (1) to synthesize and (2) to evaluate previous research. This step is a crucial part of the research process. A literature review enables us to understand the current state of knowledge about a topic. It is a review of the existing literature. Before conducting original research, we must know what scholarship already exists on the topic and evaluate the findings. Establishing this understanding of previous research enables us to formulate new or revised arguments about the research problem to guide the study. The literature review acts as a guide for developing questions not yet answered by the published research literature.

The literature should be organized by main ideas, any related sub-points that support each main idea, and transitions between each main idea. The literature review should also incorporate at least 8 sources that provide support to each of the main ideas and sub-ideas. The literature review should justify your thesis statement, which should be reiterated at the end of the literature review.

Things to keep in mind:

Paraphrasing vs. Quoting. Prioritize paraphrasing over direct quotes. Do not quote excessively because your voice will be lost, and it means that you haven’t done much actual writing. Reserve direct quotes for particularly salient phrases from your sources. When you do quote, make sure it’s contextualized; provide enough information that the quote makes sense to someone who has not read the original source.

Concepts. Relevant media-related concept(s) must be a key part of your conceptual framework.

Do not analyze the artifact yet. You are not analyzing the artifact or event yet; students often want to begin analyzing in this section, but DO NOT DO THIS. That’s what your analysis section is for.

It is easy to get caught up and go down a rabbit hole of library research while working on a literature review. This is why it is important to set up your research framework early on so that you have parameters and can be focused in selecting which literature to include. Your scholarly sources should reflect the concepts you’re using to analyze the show; it is unlikely that your scholarly sources will address your selected artifact specifically. Use your keyword searches wisely; it may not be helpful to search for a particular show or film, etc. when seeking out scholarly sources.

When writing your literature review, include the following:

Artifact background. This will vary depending on your approach to the project you’re your choice of artifact. For example, if you are examining a TV program, you should include a short summary of the show that you’ve selected to analyze – its plot, when it started, what network(s) it’s on, viewership data, controversies around the show, etc. Make sure to provide citations for this information.

Conceptual framework. Explain the conceptual framework for your analysis. You will do a brief literature summary on the concept(s) or theory(is) you chose – background, applications, relevance within your area of research, etc.

Connect to your research. Summarize the previously published work on your topic and apply it to the artifact you’re examining. What has previous research not revealed or addressed about certain other aspects of the problem? Identify relationships, gaps, contradictions, and inconsistencies in the literature that you review.

Reiterate and reinforce your thesis or central argument. Conclude your literature review by reiterating the thesis statement and how it connects to the literature you’ve just reviewed, as well as how it will be used to inform your analysis. The thesis statement is important for providing guidance, direction, and a framework for your own research.

8 Sources. Include at least 8 scholarly sources, which you must cite in-text as well as in a reference section. You may also use popular sources in your literature review for discussing the artifact as necessary, but for this particular assignment, you must have at least 6 scholarly sources. Most likely, the scholarly sources will address the theoretical concept(s) and the popular sources will address the artifact’s background/controversies/etc.

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In this assignment, you should continue following APA guidelines. This means you should include, in order: Title page, Cover letter, (revised) Introduction, Literature Review, and References. All elements should be properly formatted according to APA guidelines, including a running head, page numbers, and in-text citations.

COM 3310 Artifact of Media Literature Review

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