Source Requirements
Please find 8 sources for your communication theory project. Most of the sources should be scholarly (also known as academic or peer-reviewed) journal articles. One or two of the sources can be another type of credible source such as an encyclopedia article.
Reference Librarian
Scholarly vs. Popular Tutorial (from Lincoln Memorial University)
How to Search for CAS 303 Topics
Type in your theory and the communication phenomenon connected with and. Optional: Use quotation marks to find exact phrases.
"Social information processing" AND online dating
If you don't find relevant sources, try broader, narrower, related terms:
"Social information processing" AND Facebook dating
"Social information processing" AND Twitter dating
"Social information processing" AND internet dating
Please be sure to double-check your sources to ensure that they are scholarly.
Contact Brett at anytime for help searching!
Search for Scholarly (Academic) Articles
Can't Find a Lot in LionSearch? Find Scholarly Articles via Communication & Mass Media Complete!
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Communication & Mass Media CompleteThe best specialty tool for communications research. Please checkmark "Scholarly (Peer-reviewed Journals) Journals" before searching.
How to digest a scholarly article:
Encyclopedia Articles
One source for your paper can be an encyclopedia article; the other 7 should be scholarly (academic) journal articles.
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Encyclopedia of Communication TheoryTry this first: it covers most of the communication theories in our course.