Identify an appropriate problem or issue relevant to the student’s chosen field of study: Media & Communications Dissertation, KCL, Singapore

Task

• Identify an appropriate problem or issue relevant to the student’s
  chosen field of study.
• Select, justify and use appropriate research methods for investigating this
  problem or issue.
• Discuss an outline of this research in an interim proposal and critical
  review.
• Present the research and evaluation of the problem or issue under
  investigation in a well-argued proposal which will show evidence of
  analysis and critical reflection.
•  Demonstrate an informed understanding of some of the main theoretical
  and intellectual paradigms central to media and communication studies.
• Plan an original and appropriate piece of cultural and media research
  project.

Assessment Criteria

1. Presentation of the research and evaluation of the topic under investigation in a well-argued dissertation, demonstrating academic and transferrable skills including research planning and organization, time management, theoretical investigation, mapping a field of research, conducting analysis and critical reflection;
2. Addresses specific subjects, themes, and issues in a manner appropriate to the substantive curriculum of your general program of study and identifies larger key debates where appropriate.
3. Presentation of a dissertation that utilizes an appropriate style of academic writing, and the established conventions and genre forms of such writing.