Week - 1 |
Introduction to course and the scientific concepts |
Week - 2 |
Science, Scientific Research, Scientific Research Principles, Scientific Method and Other Concepts, Quantitative studies, Introduction and general information about the Method section |
Week - 3 |
Problem, objectives,significance, hypothesis and limitations of a scientific research. |
Week - 4 |
Scientific research methods, population and sample, findings |
Week - 5 |
The history and development of content analysis, the theoretical foundations |
Week - 6 |
Comparison of content analysis and discourse analysis |
Week - 7 |
MID-TERM EXAM |
Week - 8 |
Sample content analysis studies: Film, Photography and Cartoon Analysis |
Week - 9 |
Sample content analysis studies: News Analysis |
Week - 10 |
Content analysis applications-I: Problem, objectives, significance, assumptions, limitations |
Week - 11 |
Content analysis applications-II: Population and sampling |
Week - 12 |
Content analysis applications-III: Methods, Findings |
Week - 13 |
Content analysis applications-IV: Methods, Findings |
Week - 14 |
Presentations |