theoretical framework

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1、DevelopingthetheoreticalandconceptualframeworkJ199lecture,R.E.KhanTheoryTheoriesareconstructedinordertoexplain,predictandmasterphenomena(e.g.relationships,events,orthebehavior).Inmanyinstancesweareconstructingmodelsofreality.Atheorymakesgeneralizationsaboutobservationsandconsistsofa

2、ninterrelated,coherentsetofideasandmodels.FormulatingtheTheoreticalFrameworkThetheoreticalframeworkofthestudyisastructurethatcanholdorsupportatheoryofaresearchwork.Itpresentsthetheorywhichexplainswhytheproblemunderstudyexists.Thus,thetheoreticalframeworkisbutatheorythatservesasabasi

3、sforconductingresearch.FormulatingtheTheoreticalFrameworkPurpose:Ithelpstheresearcherseeclearlythevariablesofthestudy;Itcanprovidehimwithageneralframeworkfordataanalysis;Itisessentialinpreparingaresearchproposalusingdescriptiveandexperimentalmethods.Forexample:MediaOrganization,Sele

4、ction,andProduction.McQuail’stheoryonmediaasaninstitutiontakesintoaccountallforcesthataffectmedia’sperformance.(After:Littlejohn,1992)Basictheory1Thesisexaminesthegatekeeping,newsselectionandreportageofworldnewsinleadingPhilippinedailiesandprimetimenewscasts.Forexample:Basictheory2S

5、electiveGatekeeping.GaltungandRugeselectivegatekeepingtheorysuggeststhatnewsfromaroundtheworldareevaluatedusingnewsvaluestodeterminetheirnewsworthiness.(AfterMcQuailandWindahl1993,p.166)Forexample:Basictheory3ModeloftheAgendaSettingTheory.MalcolmMcCombsandDonaldShaw’stheorysimplysta

6、testhattheissuesgivenmostattentionbythemediawillbeperceivedasthemostimportant.(Before:McQuailandWindahl1993)Forexample:CombinedtheoryIntegratedTheoreticalFramework.Theintegratedtheoreticalframeworkshowshowmediacontentisshapedbypressurestothemediaorganization,selectivegatekeepinganda

7、gendasetting.Basedontheforegoingexample,howshouldthetheoreticalframeworkformulated?specifiesthetheoryusedasbasisforthestudymentionstheproponentsofthetheorycitesthemainpointsemphasizedinthetheorySupportshisexpositionofthetheorybyideasfromotherexperts;illustrateshistheoreticalframewor

8、kbymeansofadiagram;