Critical Perspectives - What is a Dissertation Question?

You are likely to be exploring industry practices or industry output

1. Shape Societal views and practices
2. Reflect/Reinforce/Break With... Societal views and practices

Consider the "Questioning Term" as this indicates the aim of the research

Common Aims

• Measure and Gauge extent of a phenomena  
• Challenge a view or practice
• Update and Re-contextualised a view or practice
• Evaluate a view or practice

Questioning Terms

• Why - Reasons for an occurrence or approach
• How/In what way - Methods and approaches
• To what extent
• Comparative Analysis
• Critique / Analysis

You MUST Research a dissertation question!

What subject areas will their research cross?

What research and evidence will they need to answer this?

Group Task

"Is reality television taking over from soap operas?"

1. The question is too basic and needs a more in-depth objective 
2. Lacks appropriate questioning terms /  No mention of conventions
3. They may come to the answer that while they are not taking over from soap operas, they are now influencing what soap operas include
4. Yes, They chose the question because they think that it is taking over
5. There will not be enough substance, you would be able to answer the question easily and would lack theory
6. Probably None
7.  Look more analytically at the question and think about how reality television is changing and possibly if it has an influence on soap operas. Look at the two genres and see how they have changed over time.

Question:
How Do Stylistic Cinematography Conventions create tension in True Crime dramas? And to what extent it is more important to ? than the use of sound.


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