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University of Brighton: What is a Literature Review? (BA (Hons) Broadcast Media)
- 1. LB306 Writing a Literature Review Lance Dann and Rob Greens
- 2. What is a Literature Review? “… a systematic… method for identifying, evaluating and interpreting the… work produced by researchers, scholars and practitioners.” Fink, A., 1998
- 3. What is a Literature Rebiew? “An interpretation and synthesis of published work” Merriam, 1988
- 4. So what do you do? READ PUBLISHED WORK Study a wide range of printed and web-based materials INTERPRETATION Explain the significance and interpret the evidence presented in each piece of literature – not simply listing what other have written Synthesise your readings and findings
- 5. Why do this? “I not only use all the brains that I have but all that I can borrow” Woodrow Wilson Research may be done alone – but it is never done in isolation. The production of new knowledge is fundamentally dependent on past knowledge.
- 6. Four Main Reasons for Reviewing Literature 1) Critical overview of Previous Research
- 7. Four Main Reasons for Reviewing Literature 2. Help you find GAPS in knowledge
- 8. Four Main Reasons for Reviewing Literature 3) Work out the necessity and rationale for your study (is it needed?)
- 9. Four Main Reasons for Reviewing Literature 4. Set boundaries for your study
- 10. This will help you... GET YOUR OWN IDEA!
- 11. Planning 1. Define the topic (general reading and list of terms) 2. Think about the scope (what is the time from you have?) 3. Think about the outcomes (what is it want to get out of the search) 4. Think how to management the search 5. Plan your sources (list and sequence sources to be searched)
- 12. Questions to ask • What is known about the broad topic? • What are the landmark works in the field? • What methodologies are people using in the fields I am interested in? • What frameworks and concepts are people using?
- 13. Be Selective You can’t read everything… so don’t.
- 14. Be Selective
- 15. Be Selective
- 16. How to manage your research Get Organised • Summarise ideas • Copy out or copy paste key quotes • Use bibliographic software if you can get it. • Organise your ideas by themes
- 17. A research review will • Include an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of theories • Demonstrate clear understanding. • Cite the key theories • Give a clear indication of how the review links to your research question.
- 18. A research review will • Include a definition of the boundaries of your research report • A selection and synthesis (combination) of existing arguments to form a new perspective. • Through gradual refinement, it will include a demarcation of the research problem.
- 19. A research review is not… • A list of the work of others. • A review of the literature. • A history of your subject. • A place where you get to sound off about your subject.
- 20. HOMEWORK • Identify three topics you are interested. • Go online or go to library and find out what are the chief texts and writers associated with them. • Work out what the key phrases, ideas and concepts you will be looking up. • Prepare a simple sheet with them on. • Next week we search out texts in earnest!