Content analysis

Order Description
Kindly carry out a social psychological study, which needs to be write up as a report. Kindly investigate a research question that is based on one out of three social psychological theories. To ease data collection, the data you are collecting should be material that can be accessed via the internet (e.g. news sites, online newspapers & magazines, advertisements, blogs, discussion forums, social media etc.; incl. images but excl. video or sound!
The three theories that you need to choose from are listed below. Kindly, only choose one of those theories for the research paper:

• Elaboration–Likelihood Model (ELM)
• Social Identity model of De-individuation Effects (SIDE)
• Stereotype Content Model (SCM)

Please also find attached the instructions as well as the structure for the research paper. Kindly make sure that you do NOT include a null hypothesis and also please make sure you create a title relevant to the research question that you will be doing. Once again, kindly follow carefully every step of my instructions that I will upload.

Content Analysis

Order Description

Topic is Renewable energy in Australia – wind farm controversy.

You will choose TWO related websites(including 2 – 3 articles, 20 comments per article) for your content analysis. Your choice of online media for these topics must originate in Australia and must be in English. Choose sites (online news, social media, blogs, etc.) that offer significant opportunities for users to make contributions.

You will need to find a series of at least 20(20 – 30) exchanges per site that relate to your chosen topic. Your Content Analysis will then focus on these interactions.

You are to do a content analysis of your selected topic by addressing the following criteria, etc. :
• Describe the two news site you have chosen, the function, the author/s, the intended audience, the types of topics usually covered, the degree of interactivity offered etc.
• Discuss how would you label or classify the way the participants “talk” about the topic over a period of time (several days would be ideal).
• Select a series of at least 20 comments (maximum of 50) as the basis for your study. This will be a content analysis with a hypothesis etc. as outlined in the lectures and readings.
• You should also consider the idiosyncrasies of the medium that the participants are using and how they deal with them.
• You should make an assessment of your approach and suggest future directions for this research based on your knowledge of the subject and/or field from your reading.

You should present your work as a Report and structure it as such by using the following section headings:
Abstract 100 words approx. Summarizing the report and its findings Introduction and Background 250 words approx. Includes discussion of news interactivity and review of the relevant literature Method 100 words approx. Detail the case study, what are the aims of the report, what is the approach used Analysis and Discussion 800 words approx. Conclusion 150 words approx. References (or works consulted) At least 6 must be used In addition to resources Appendices Include material related to the categorization process, graphs and tables. Include a copy of the interactions you are using (at least 20 posts on the same topic or thread)

Content Analysis

Order Description

Topic is Renewable energy in Australia – wind farm controversy.

You will choose TWO related websites(including 2 – 3 articles, 20 comments per article) for your content analysis. Your choice of online media for these topics must originate in Australia and must be in English. Choose sites (online news, social media, blogs, etc.) that offer significant opportunities for users to make contributions.

You will need to find a series of at least 20(20 – 30) exchanges per site that relate to your chosen topic. Your Content Analysis will then focus on these interactions.

You are to do a content analysis of your selected topic by addressing the following criteria, etc. :
• Describe the two news site you have chosen, the function, the author/s, the intended audience, the types of topics usually covered, the degree of interactivity offered etc.
• Discuss how would you label or classify the way the participants “talk” about the topic over a period of time (several days would be ideal).
• Select a series of at least 20 comments (maximum of 50) as the basis for your study. This will be a content analysis with a hypothesis etc. as outlined in the lectures and readings.
• You should also consider the idiosyncrasies of the medium that the participants are using and how they deal with them.
• You should make an assessment of your approach and suggest future directions for this research based on your knowledge of the subject and/or field from your reading.

You should present your work as a Report and structure it as such by using the following section headings:
Abstract 100 words approx. Summarizing the report and its findings Introduction and Background 250 words approx. Includes discussion of news interactivity and review of the relevant literature Method 100 words approx. Detail the case study, what are the aims of the report, what is the approach used Analysis and Discussion 800 words approx. Conclusion 150 words approx. References (or works consulted) At least 6 must be used In addition to resources Appendices Include material related to the categorization process, graphs and tables. Include a copy of the interactions you are using (at least 20 posts on the same topic or thread)