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LESSON
05
RESEARCH
AND REVIEWS
For
any of the programme produced for the
television research is of vital
importance as it makes the
production
factually sound and technically
sound.
What
is research?
Research
is constant navigation to know the
truth.
Research
is continuous effort to dig
out facts.
Research
is an endeavour to find something
new.
Research
is making new interpretation of
existing knowledge.
Research
is an addition to already present
knowledge.
According
to a mass media research expert
Kerlinger, "It is systematic, controlled,
critical and empirical
investigation
of hypothetical propositions about
presumed relations among natural
phenomena."
Research
Procedure
Selection
of a problem
Research
question
Making
hypothesis
Review
of available literature
Experimental
design
Research
suppliers
Data
collection
Analysis
and interpretation of data
Presentation
of research
Replication
Selection
of a topic
It
is to select the topic on which the
research is to be conducted. This is very
important, as it's the
foundation
of the whole research procedure. A
researcher has to be very cautious
and keen while
selecting
a topic for study, there are
certain questions one must keep in mind
before the conduct of
research.
·
Is
topic too broad?
·
Are
the data susceptible to analysis?
·
Can
the results of the study be
generalized?
·
Will
the study cause any harm to the
subjects?
Review
of available literature
Before
we start a research study we
need to review all kind of
literature available to us so that
our
research
may not be duplication of
already existing study. It is
always better to review the
literature
present
following forms.
·
Books
·
Newspapers
·
Magazines
·
Archives
·
Encyclopedias
·
Research
journals
·
Educational
studies
·
Findings
by research institutes
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Statement
of problem
Next
step of research is to state the
problem under study. The
topic of research contains the issue
but
here
we elaborate the problem in form of a
statement.
Research
question
After
stating the problem the
research question is formulated so
that variables in the researched
can be
easily
defined and then
studied.
Making
hypothesis
Hypothesis
is the supposition made in anticipation
as what may be the result of a
particular study.
It's
the
assumption made in advance and normally
there are more than one hypothesis formed
the first and
basic
hypothesis is called "Null hypothesis"
and is denoted by "H0"while the
substitute hypothesis is
called
"alternative hypothesis" and is denoted by
"H1".
Experimental
design
Design
in research means the plan of
action a researcher will
follow in due course of research. It is
the
type
of the research to be used in study,
may it be survey research or content
analysis.
Research
suppliers
These
are the persons through
whom the data is collected on
certain topic. They may be
students,
institutes
or employ of any organization
that are to provide the
responses of general public to the
questions
of research.
Data
collection
Data
collection is the next step in
research procedure as at this stage
data is collected directly
from the
audience
or indirectly through the research
suppliers.
Analysis
and interpretation of
data
The
data gathered is then analyzed by
different techniques and finally
interpreted in form of tables,
graphs
(pi graph, bar graph, line
graph) and notes.
Presentation
of research
Once
the research study is finalized, the
results are presented in
form of a thesis or dissertation for
the
publication
of research.
Replication
Replication
is reproduction or duplication of a
research study in case the desired
results are not
being
achieved
from the null hypothesis and the
researcher has to resort to the
alternative hypothesis.
Research
in television production
The
research procedure properly followed
can give a good and
authentic outcome. Research
based
documentation
for production is very
exciting, one can create a
difference, doing the
impossible.
A
good producer has to have knack of
finding out related facts
from just one single fact
one has been
told.
It's like seeing the ice
berg tip while the bulk is
under the water.
In
television production research is
mostly used in following
areas.
·
Documentary
·
Travelogue
·
Historical
play
·
Docu-drama
·
Talk
show
·
Current
affairs
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