Reading Summary

COMM 502 Seminar in Media Studies

Name ________________________________________________ Date Due ________________Reading No. ______

Bibliographical Citation

Complete bibliographical information (paste from syllabus).

Nutshell Statement

One sentence (only) that summarizes the main point or argument of the reading, using key and secondary terms.

Key Concepts

A list, with brief definitions, of one to three principal terms the author invented or employed.

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Secondary Ideas

A list of as many as seven one-phrase summaries of supporting evidence.

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Research Method

Main approach: legal, historical, theoretical, scientific (qualitative, quantitative), or other.

Principal techniques: archival, literature review, un- or structured interview, participant observation, survey, questionnaire, experiment, content analysis, other. Circle all the apply and describe each in one phrase.

Citations

List the full bibliographic information for any principal sources the author cites.