1. The document provides guidance on analyzing a research article and connecting its findings to one's own research. 2. It outlines 5 questions to guide the analysis, including summarizing the article's conclusions and methodology, evaluating how one's own research relates to and supports the article's findings, and assessing the impact of the topic on production and consumption. 3. The final question discusses recommendations for further research, including aspects not addressed by the article or one's own study that require more investigation.

1. Question 1: Understanding research methods and interpretingresearch data
1. Introduction – an overview of your understandingof the significance of the topic
2. What arethe Conclusions made of the article [executive summary] and what connections are
there to theories (Audience) and debates (Technology positiveor negative impact)
3. Analyse& Evaluate the research methodology used – surveys? Interviews?
How suitable are the tools they chose?
Are they collectingthe right data to supportthese findings?
4. Which Qualitative AND Quantitative data is presented in the findings and how balanced is it?
5. How Trustworthy is the qualitativecompared to the quantitative?
Is itvalid or reliable?
Is there any bias?
Question 2: Understanding the relationship between own research and article
1. Introduction – an overview explaining your key 6-8 research findings [Hierarchy] & how they
relate to the topic of the article(which conclusionsthey are based on [Executive Summary])
2. Evaluate your key research findings as to how relevant it is to the topic of the article
3. Explain the article’s conclusions and comment on the extent this is supported by the research
Evaluate the article’s conclusions and justify the extent this is supported by your research

2. Question 3: Understanding the Impact of the Topic on Production
1. How hasthe topic presentedbythe article impactedproduction inthe sectorcovered,
basedon the findingsinthe article?
2. What do your findingssuggest?
3. What conclusionshave youdrawn aboutthe impact of production? – Future prediction?
4. How validisthe informationpresentedinthe article?
Withreferencestoyourown researchsources, how dotheychallenge orsupportthe
conclusionsmade toownresearchsources
5. What connectionsare there tomedia debatesor theoriesrelevanttothe topicof the
article?[U&G, Positive ornegativeimpactson technology,regulationof mediatoprotect
children?Effectsof violence orbullyingorsocial mediaonyoungaudiences]
Question 4: Understanding the Impact of the Topic on Consumption
1. How hasthe topic presentedbythe article impacted consumptioninthe sectorcovered,
basedon the findingsinthe article?
2. What do your findingssuggest?
3. What conclusionshave youdrawn aboutthe impact of production? – Future prediction?
4. How validisthe informationpresentedinthe article?
Withreferencestoyourown researchsources, how dotheychallenge orsupportthe
conclusionsmade toownresearchsources

3. 5. What connectionsare there tomedia debatesor theoriesrelevanttothe topicof the
article?[U&G, Positive ornegativeimpactsontechnology,regulationof mediatoprotect
children?Effectsof violence orbullyingorsocial mediaonyoungaudiences]
Question 5: Research recommendations
1. What researchismissingfromthe article’sfindings? Whatconclusionshave notbeen
testedaccuratelyenough?
2. What researchmethodsare neededtoprove the conclusionsmore accurately?
3. What are the limitationsof yourresearchstudy –whichquestion(2,3,4?),andwhat
furtherresearchwouldyou needtocarry out to prove yourtrendsor future predictions?
4. What methodswouldyousuggest?