.Guidelines Mini-Research Project (1000 words): DEADLINE 28th April 2017 Your final assessment should relate specifically to a particular media specialism. For many of you this will particularly relate to your degree (e.g. journalism, advertising PR & Media, Media and Cultural Studies). However, you may choose any modality of your choice for this final assessment. The form that the output will take is also up to you, but it should be appropriate to the type of research that you have chosen to undertake. You may choose to demonstrate the results of your research in a number of ways.Guidelines The main purpose of this project is to showcase your individual analytical and research skills and prepare you for independent study throughout your third year. Mini-Project (Media Specialism). The final piece of work should demonstrate that the student has: • Designed a valid and viable research project • Justified the choice of an appropriate research method and research question • Given reason of the methodological choices as appropriate for the chosen media specialism, and critically discussed the issues encountered during the research work • Communicated the research findings in an appropriate and engaging mannerEssay Structure The Media Specialism Research Project is basically an Assessment in which you'll be required to develop a little research on your own (So match the skills accrued for Assessment 1 with those for Assessment 2 ;) Specifically you'll be required to: • Chose a topic of your interest related to your degree (e.g. Corporate Facebook Pages) • Make a short literature review about it (e.g. what is Facebook, which are its main applications in digital PR, etc.) • Elaborate a proper research question (e.g. How do employees as social media users interact in a work-based Facebook group?) • Develop a little empirical research for answering your research question (e.g. content analysis of a specific Facebook page) • Present your findings and draw some conclusionsTips • Check the two examples of independent research project I uploaded for you on MyLearning (Week 23) • Pick at least 4 sources • ‘Sources’ means academic articles • It is up to you to find the sources • Do not forget to respect the rules for quotation (week 10)