Framing Questions

As an individual with a degree in Broadcast Journalism, it was a little difficult for me while reading these first few chapters on theory but after reading them I realized it was an interesting perspective on looking at mass communications. Below are my three framing questions:

1.  Is Positivism an effective investigative method when studying the effects of social media or is it safe to trust results that are easily tampered with?

2.  Is theory truly imperative to study for broadcast journalism when it is an industry that is constantly changing and would it be beneficial at all to keep creating theories every time the industry shifts?

3.  Can Media Determinism be an explanation for how society forms their “accepted” morals? Is the media convergence shift a reflection of social structure?

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