COM 308 ASU Interpersonal Communication and Conflict Research Project

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to help you practice the following skills that are essential to your success:

Create hypothesis/Research questions for Communication research.

Identify the variables/concepts associated with Communication research.

Compose clear conceptual definitions to identify the variables that you will discuss in future papers.

To do this, you will propose a topic of interest and begin researching that topic.

Requirements

To complete this assignment, please note:

Due Date

Style and Format

Cover page and reference page included

1-2 pages of work

Font: 12 point Times New Roman

Step by Step Guide

To complete this assignment, follow these steps:

After providing your introduction, please provide the following:

Preliminary research question or hypothesis. This may change as your paper develops, but please provide the RQ or H as you are currently thinking about the topic.

Conceptual definitions for all IV(s) and DV(s).

Please use third person (i.e., avoid “I”, “me”, “you”, etc.) to help get you comfortable with this type of writing.

After you have your topic defined, you need 6 peer-reviewed journals for your bibliography in APA format. Please use journals from the Communication discipline.  An easy way to find these journals is using COMABSTRACTS through the ASU library. This resource should be helpful:

Library Guide,

See the list provided for approved communication articles.

Approved Communication Journals List.doc

Please keep these journals recent.  You should search for articles that:

Help describe the problem you are studying and why it is important

Define key variables or concepts

Provide a theoretical foundation for your argument

Describes previous research on the key variable, population, etc.

Address the same question you are interested in only in a different setting, population, etc.

Approved Communication
Journals for BB2
Argumentation and Advocacy
Asian Journal of Communication
Australian Journal of Communication
Bulletin of the Association for Communication
Administration
Business Communication Quarterly
Canadian Journal of Communication
Central States Speech Journal
Cognitive Processing
Columbia Journal of Communication
Communication
Communication Abstracts
Communication and Aging
Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies
Communication and Cognition
Communication and the Law
Communication Education
Communication Monographs
Communication Quarterly
Communication Reports
Communication Research
Communication Research Reports
Communication Review
Communication Studies
Communication Theory
Conflict Resolution Quarterly
Critical Studies in Mass Communication
Cross-Cultural Research
Cultural Studies
Discourse and Society
Discourse Processes
European Journal of Communication
Gender and Society
Group and Organizational Management
Group and Organizational Studies
Health Communication
Howard Journal of Communications
Human Communication Research
Human Computer Interaction
Information Communication and Society
International Journal of Conflict Management
International Journal of Cultural Studies
International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction
International Journal of Intercultural Relations
International Journal of Listening
Journal of Applied Communication Research
Journal of Broadcasting
Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media
Journal of Business and Technical Communication
Journal of Business Communication
Journal of Communication
Journal of Communication and Religion
Journal of Communication Inquiry
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography
Journal of Development Communication
Journal of Family Communication
Journal of Gender Studies
Journal of Health Communication
Journal of Intercultural Studies
Journal of International Communication
Journal of Language and Social Psychology
Journal of Mass Media Ethics
Journal of New Media: Technology, Society, Culture
Journal of Nonverbal Behavior
Journal of Personal and Social Relations
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
Journal of Social Cognition
Journal of the American Forensic Association
Journal of the Association of Communication
Administration
Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
Journalism Quarterly
Language and Communication
Management Communication Quarterly
Mass Comm Review
Mass Communication and Society
Mass Communication Review
Media and Methods
Media Psychology
Media Studies Journal
Media, Culture and Society
New Media and Society
Personal Relationships
Philosophy & Rhetoric
Political Communication
Political Communication and Persuasion
Quarterly Journal of Public Speaking
Quarterly Journal of Speech
Quarterly Journal of Speech Education
Religious Communication Today
Research in Language and Social Interaction
Small Group Behavior
Small Group Research
Southern Communication Journal
Southern Speech Communication Journal
Southern Speech Journal
Speech Monographs
Studies in Communication
Symbolic Interaction
Technology and Culture
Text and Performance Quarterly
The Communication Review
The Journal of the Communication Association of the
Pacific
Visual Communication
Western Journal of Communication
Western Journal of Speech Communication
Women and Language
Women’s Studies in Communication
World Communication
Written Communication