Definitions
Theories
Methods
Schools
Research & Writing
100

The process through which science is conducted.

What is research?

100

A movement interested in studying and transforming the relationship among race, racism, and power.

What is critical race theory?

100

Research which attempts to increase our understanding of why things are the way they are in our social world.

What is qualitative research?

100

This school of thought included scholars who were disgruntled with socio-economic systems such as capitalism and fascism.

What is the Frankfurt School?

100

A comprehensive overview of prior research regarding a specific topic.

What is a literature review?

200

The recognition that knowledge is not universal or neutral, and includes bodily knowledge.

What is standpoint theory?

200

A thesis which argues that race and races are products of social thought and relations.

What is the social construction thesis?

200

Clearly defining the target population is the first stage of what process?

What is sampling?

200

This school or group was established in 1974.

What is the Glasgow Media Group?

200

Gathering, engaging, and deploying are the three phases of this.

What is scholarly reading?

300

An individual’s beliefs about the nature of social reality and what is knowable about the world.

What are ontological assumptions?

300

The theory which considered the definition of the self in relation to the other.

What is othering theory?

300

This method uses face-to-face interaction in the places where people live, work, and play.

What is ethnography?

300

Scholar Paul Willis is associated with this group.

What is the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies?

300

Journal articles, dissertations, and books are examples of these.

What are scholarly or academic sources?

400

An epistemological position which focuses on the importance of objectivity and evidence in searching for truth.

What is positivism?

400

The metaphor of intersectionality was introduced by this scholar.

Who is Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw?

400

This method uses personal experience to describe and interpret cultural texts, experiences, beliefs, and practices.

What is autoethnography?

400

The Toronto School of Communication Theory was founded by these two scholars.

Who are Harold Adam Innis and Herbert Marshal McLuhan?

400

This stage of the research process asks what data is needed, and how best to collect it.

What is research design?

500

A process in which research participants are made aware of the potential risks of participation.

What is informed consent?

500

This theory is most useful when attempting to explain human behaviour in context.

What is grounded theory?

500

This method is useful for identifying the range of variation in opinions or attitudes on a set of topics.

What are focus group interviews?

500

Herbert Marshall McLuhan is known for establishing which idea?

What is “the medium is the message”?

500

This type of problematic research question hinges on the definition of terms.

What is a semantic question?