Social science slides for Comm 200

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ringing so I can use it again.
COMM 200 Social Science

2. NOT FOR COMM 200
ONESEARCH
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4. The elements of the
record that you need to
create a reference list
Citation

5. Helps to determine if
you are looking a
social science or
rhetoric journal article
Abstract

6. Research Database
The ONLY way you
should find your
articles for this comm
research assignment

7. Look for this button
to find out if the
item is full text
Get it @ CSULB

8. If the article is not full text,
we will get it for you- just
click on the link that says

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10. SOCIAL SCIENCE
EMPIRICAL
THEORY BASED
STUDIES ARE
CONDUCTED
DATA IS
GATHERED

11. Organizational
Interpersonal
Family Communication
Gender Differences
Social media
Intercultural
Romantic Relationships
Computer mediated
Media studies
Athletes
Types of Social Science Research

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13. Social Science Articles
1 2 3 4 5
10-15
pages
long
Published
in an
academic
journal
Contains words
like:
Data, Participants,
this study,
methodology,
further research
20-40
references
Written by
academics
with
university
affiliations

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15. NOT Social Science
1. You are looking at animal behavior
2. You do not have any
communication variables
3. It is not examining one of the main
areas listed in the previous slide

16. PICKING A TOPIC
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phone to stop ringing
so I can text you and
ask what you want

17. Interpersonal
communication
Me waiting for my
phone to stop ringing
so I can text you and
ask what you want
PICKING A TOPIC
Avoidance
Modality
Preference
Choice
Disclosure
Cellphone
Face to face
Messaging
Electronic mediated
communication

18. YOUR TURN
SELECT A SOCIAL SCIENCE TOPIC

19. first impressions of people with tattoos
Facebook and friendship formation
credibility of male versus female
television newscasters.
Jealousy and romantic relationships
Sample Topics

20. Refining your topic
1. Baby steps: don’t be too complex!
2. Don’t be too generic! Narrow by
relationship, population, gender,
type of communication or media
3. If your topic has a lot published
about it think of an unexplored
angle.

21. YOUR TURN
THINK OF KEYWORDS, SYNONYMS,
RELATED RESEARCH

22. Use this to connect
different variables. For
example: black and
white
and

23. Place your terms in the
same search box for
Psycinfo and CMMC
romantic or interpersonal

24. Use this to look for root
endings. For example:
athlet* looks for athlete,
athletes, athletic

25. “ ”
Use this to search for
phrases. For example:
“social dating”

26. YOUR TURN
MODIFY YOUR SEARCH

27. Text* and jealousy and dating
Friends and benefits and gender
Athlete* and “verbal immediacy”

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35. Common Citation Errors.
1. Part of the citation is in ALL CAPS
2. Every Word Of The Article Title Is Capitalized (APA only)
3. The journal title is not italicized
4. The ending page number for your article is missing
5. There is no hanging indent
Before

36. Fixing the Errors.
1. Change any words that are all caps
2. Make the appropriate words lower case (APA)
3. Italicize the Journal Title
4. Look at the PDF of your document and find the
ending page number
5. Create a hanging indent
After

37. Ctrl + T *
Creates paragraphs
with hanging indents
in Microsoft Word.
Command for Mac
*