RESEARCH 3 - Research Methods

RESEARCH METHODS THAT I COULD USE...

Research methods are important because they help narrow down the ways of finding out research for specific things, and make things a lot simpler to explore.

Some research methods could be:

·         Looking through newspapers for local news.

·         Looking at online news for more detailed information.

·         Doing interviews with people to get a range of opinions.

·         Doing blogs and keeping them updated to see comments about the topic written.

·         Putting up leaflet or posters to promote the issue, and getting people to come and give their views.

·         Making a face book or twitter account to promote it worldwide, and this way I could also hear views from different age groups.

·         Conduct surveys to see what topic is most popular.

The reason why research methods are used is to find ways of looking into particular stories to get a more detailed response. Some stories that I could find out about using some of the research methods could be about:

·         How do radios get the audience’s attention?

·         How do radio stations make their station different from others?

·         How to use audacity?

·         How to use a microphone correctly?

·         How to use and make a Voki.

·         What are the codes and conventions of a particular genre?

·         How to edit sound?

These are just some of the questions I could apply the research methods too, and use to find out more about these questions so that they apply to the newscast, and how they can be contrasted or compared. Also, it can benefit my own newscast by showing that I can find ways and learning multiple way of how to make my newscast suitable and appealing. 

Source: Class notes