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module properties module number 100001 - common information
module number100001
departmentDepartment of Economic Sciences and Media
ID of group2551 (Media Research and Political Communication)
module leader Dr. Christoph Kuhlmann
languagedeutsch
term Sommersemester
previous knowledge and experience

Einführung in die Kommunikationswissenschaft

learning outcome

Die Studierenden kennen den Forschungsprozess und haben einen Überblick über die grundlegenden Methoden und Untersuchungsdesigns der empirischen Kommunikationsforschung. Sie haben vertiefte Kenntnisse im Bereich der Umfrageforschung und sind in der Lage diese Methode der Datenerhebung zur Lösung von medienpraktischen- und kommunikationswissenschaftlichen Problemen zielgerichtet einzusetzen.

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Die Grundlagen der wichtigsten quantitativen empirischen Methoden der Kommunikations-forschung (Befragung, Beobachtung, Inhaltsanalyse) sowie der grundlegenden Untersuchungsdesigns (Querschnitt, Längsschnitt, Experiment) werden vermittelt.

Das gewonnene Wissen über den Forschungsprozess und die Datenerhebung wird am Beispiel der Befragung in den Begleitseminaren in einem praktischen Forschungsprojekt angewendet.

 The basic principles of the most important quantitative empirical methods of communication research (survey, observation, content analysis) and the fundamental designs of research (cross section, longitudinal section, experiment) are communicated.

The obtained knowledge about the process of research and the collection of data are applied in a questionnaire, which is developed in the accompanying seminar.

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Moodle: https://moodle2.tu-ilmenau.de/course/index.php?categoryid=477

 

literature / references
  • Diekmann, Andreas (2006): Empirische Sozialforschung: Grundlagen, Methoden, Anwendungen. 15. Aufl. Orig.-Ausg. - Reinbek: Rowohlt-Taschenbuch-Verlag.
  • Schnell, Rainer/Hill, Paul B./Esser, Elke (2005): Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung. 7. völlig überarb., erw. Aufl. - München u.a.: Oldenbourg.
  • Brosius, Bernd/Koschel, Friederike (2002): Methoden der empirischen Kommunikationsforschung. eine Einführung. Wiesbaden: VS.
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Details reference subject
module nameQuantitative Methods in Communication Studies
examination number2400488
credit points
SWS3
on-campus program (h)
self-study (h)
obligationobligatory module
examnone
details of the certificate
link to Moodle course https://moodle.tu-ilmenau.de/course/view.php?id=3093
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signup details for alternative examinations
maximum number of participants
Details in degree program Bachelor Medientechnologie 2013
module nameQuantitative Methods in Communication Studies
examination number2400497
credit points4
on-campus program (h)34
self-study (h)86
obligationobligatory module
examwritten pass-fail certificate, 60 minutes
details of the certificate
link to Moodle course https://moodle.tu-ilmenau.de/course/view.php?id=3093
signup details for alternative examinations
maximum number of participants
Details in degree program Bachelor Angewandte Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft 2014
ATTENTION: not offered anymore
module nameQuantitative Methods of Communication Research
examination number2400465
credit points7
on-campus program (h)45
self-study (h)165
obligationobligatory module
examwritten examination performance, 60 minutes
details of the certificate
link to Moodle course https://moodle.tu-ilmenau.de/course/view.php?id=3093
signup details for alternative examinations
maximum number of participants