Abstract

PADILLA-DE-LA-TORRE, María Rebeca; MEDINA-MAYAGOITIA, Norma Isabel  and  CERVANTES-VELAZQUEZ, Mónica del Rocío. The Research Question in Media Studies. From Identifying Gaps to Questioning Existing Knowledge. Comun. soc [online]. 2021, vol.18, e7966.  Epub June 20, 2022. ISSN 0188-252X.  https://doi.org/10.32870/cys.v2021.7966.

A typology of modalities for the formulation of research questions was applied to analyze 61 research papers that studied media, published during a period of five years in the journal Comunicación y Sociedad. The objective was to identify how research questions are constructed regarding the literature review. The results show that inquiry based on gap-spotting prevails and fewer studies confront or question previous knowledge.

Keywords : Media studies; research methodology; research questions.

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