Türkiye'deki iletişim araştırmalarında eğilimler: Yüksek lisans tez çalışmaları üzerine bir inceleme
Özet
SUMMARY As is evident from even a quick glance at the field of communication over the last thirty years, communication researches have been accumulated increasingly. The aim of this study is trying to determine the current academic tendencies of master theses in terms of the theoretical and methodological approaches in the field. In this study, master theses, which are prepared in six communication faculties (at Anadolu, Ankara, Ege, Gazi, Istanbul, Marmara Universities), in 1994-1997 and the total is 157, are profiled and that researches tendencies are determined. In First Chapter of this study, different tendencies of communication studies are defined distinctive properties. These are described as categoric differences and possibly schematized. In Second Chapter, results of research that on master theses are presented. In this chapter, master theses are classified in detail according to facul ties, focused on subjects, ways of explaining these subjects and research methods. It is explored that whether master theses have similarity about theoretical and methodo logical variety of communication researches. Also it is examined, which theoretical approaches are adopted and whether these studies have totality about theory- method. Furthermore, ways of data collection-assessment-commentary are explored. Result of considering general situation of the field is considered, it would be say that master theses are not similar with theoretical concerns, problematization ways of communication, interdisciplinary characteristics of communication studies, focused problems and subjects of researches of significant approaches in the field.