1. 4. Conceptual frameworks & theories Class Activity 2
EDN6015F
Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams
3-8 February 2014

2. Identifying potential explanations
Once you have isolated the key PHENOMENON you want to MEASURE, UNDERSTAND and/or EXPLAIN, you can investigate what THEORIES other researchers used to MEASURE, UNDERSTAND and/or EXPLAIN the same or a similar phenomenon

3. An example
I am interested in understanding how and under what circumstances university students use Facebook for academic purposes
We have already located at least two articles in the previous class activity – let’s interrogate them more deeply.

4. Click here to UCT Library
Google Scholar search on concept theory “technology acceptance” facebook
78 results
Click here to UCT Library

5. Theory explicit from the title

6. Theory explicit from the abstract

7. Copy and paste title in search bar on UCT Library page
Google Scholar search on concept theory “technology acceptance” facebook
78 results
Copy and paste title in search bar on UCT Library page

8. Conceptualisation NOT clear from title or abstract
Conceptualisation NOT clear from title or abstract. Analytical model is clear.
Analytical model

9. Conceptualisation only clear in article!

10. Click and this opens up directly to one of the online platforms
Google Scholar search on concept theory “technology acceptance” facebook
78 results
Click and this opens up directly to one of the online platforms

11. Hyperlink to article

13. Now you do the same for the phenomenon that you are planning to investigate!

14. Written by Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams
in 2014
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