29.08.2023 - 22.10.2023 / Week 1 - Week 8
Sylvia Lau / 0356130
Bachelor
of Design (Hons) in Creative Media
Design Research Dissertation: Task 1
INSTRUCTION
Task 1: Draft Dissertation
In this module, we will begin to put relevant primary and secondary data to
form an analysis, discussion, and conclusion to write a draft dissertation.
The whole draft dissertation shall not be less than 7000 words.
The contents of the dissertation include:
• Acknowledgments
• Abstract
• Table of Contents page
•
Introduction to the dissertation
o Research rationale, Research
Theme/Topic, and Research Problem
o Problem statement
o Research
objectives
o Research questions
o Research Conceptual Framework
Diagram
• Literature review
• Research Methodology
• Results/
Findings
• Analysis and discussion
• Conclusion
• Project
Recommendation / Future Research
• Reference list
• Picture credit
list
• Appendices (sample interview questions and questionnaire
questions)
In the first week, our lecturer briefed us about the tasks that we needed to
complete in this module, and also the requirements for the first task.
In the second week, we were required to do a literature review matrix of five
articles. The articles were from the previous semester that we chose for
critical review. The literature review matrix consisted of a few sections, for
example, purpose, conclusion, pros, cons, keywords, theme, similarities, and
differences.
The aim of doing the literature review matrix was to have a clear direction
when writing a literature review. After finishing my matrix, I came out with a
working title and sub-topics for the literature review.
Working title: The evolution of Japanese anime contents in the past
decade (2013 - 2023)
Sub-topic:
2.1 The Overview of Historical Anime
2.2 Storytelling elements
2.2.1. Characters
2.2.2. Plot
2.3 Cultural Influences
2.4 Technological advancement
First Attempt of Literature Review:
Second Attempt of Literature Review:
In section 2.2, I needed to elaborate more on each small subsection. Besides,
I also paraphrased some sections and added more information to it.
After finalizing section 2, I began with section 3. A template was provided by
my lecturer in Google Classroom, so I followed and wrote the information.
First Attempt of Methodology:
Second Attempt of Methodology:
In the first attempt, I only wrote briefly on each part and the feedback given
was to write more detailed.
After finishing section 3, I continued to write on the next section, which was
findings about the data collected in the previous semester.
Draft of Findings:
For demographic questions, I created a table and listed the information to
show the data, just a short paragraph to explain the results. Then, for
close-ended questions, I took screenshots of the pie chart or bar chart and
analyzed the data below. But for open-ended questions, I needed to list out
all the responses, so I arranged them in Excel. As I collected most of the
responses during the last semester break, some answers I hadn't analyzed
before, I had to spend more time reading and understanding their answer to
summarize into a few paragraphs.
The next section was the discussion section, which was a section that needed
to answer my research questions.
Draft of Discussion:
My research questions were what are the changes in anime content and what are
the factors that affect anime content. So, my discussion was divided into 2
part, which was about the changes and factors. Lastly, there was also a
section for limitations about the challenges that I faced for this research.
Draft Dissertation:
After finishing my discussion section, I continued writing the conclusion,
acknowledgment, and abstract.
Final Dissertation:
After submitting the draft, I missed a part of a conceptual framework, some changes were made in section 3, some sentences were rephrased, and also added another section of future research.
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