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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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