Epistemological divergences in the approach of the theoretical framework in university theses
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31381/yuyaykusun.v1i10.3560Keywords:
Communication, academic field, epistemology, interdisciplinary approach, dissertation, higher scientific educationAbstract
This paper proposes a meta-research of the Social Communication theses of a public university. Its main
objective is to analyze the epistemological foundations of the theoretical framework and its methodological
approach in social communication theses. It sets as its specific objectives: a) to identify trends in the
methodological characteristics of the theses and b) to examine the distinctive features of the formulation
of the theoretical framework of the theses. The research is exploratory-descriptive, non-experimental, empirical, and quantitative, and it uses the technique of content analysis. The results show the frequencies of
eleven categories of analysis. The study reveals a significant epistemological divergence with researches that
do not have theoretical framework. Similarly, when the content of the theses is reviewed, 50% of them carry out a thematic content, which is not supported by a paradigm or a communication approach. This, in spite of the fact that 70% of the theses include textbooks of theories in the bibliography.
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