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How to Improve the Quality of Qualitative Research? A Descriptive Study on Theses in the Field of Communication in Turkey

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How to Improve the Quality of Qualitative Research? A Descriptive Study on Theses in the Field of Communication in Turkey

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The field of communication, which has been shaped in the light of social sciences, is considered a science with its own boundaries, although it has an interdisciplinary transition. Historically, communication science has developed around different topics and continues to be structured with different researches depending on technological developments today. The use of varied research methods in these studies has caused researchers to be at different poles. While researchers who argue that the objective is valid in researches conducted in the field of communication prioritize quantitative research, researchers who address communication as the basis of human nature have started to use qualitative research method. In addition to this polarization, there are researchers who advocate that both methods should be integrated in the specific research subject. The reason why qualitative research is used in the conducted studies is the need for detailed explanation of human behaviors and humans in communication processes. The qualitative research method, which is shaped on the axis of post-positivism, goes to the basis of the person's own reality. Qualitative researches aim to deeply understand, define and explain human behavior and the events that develop around this behavior. It has been observed that the stages of the qualitative research process are not fully understood in researches conducted in the field of communication. In this context, it was aimed to examine the postgraduate theses written in the field of communication. The aim of the research is to identify the methodological problems in the qualitative research process in theses prepared by university students in the field of communication in Turkey. In other words, the research is set to examine how the qualitative research method is applied in the theses prepared by university students and the mistakes made. It was seen that the research in question is included in the case study design. An examination was made on master's and doctoral theses uploaded to a single website. Therefore, a holistic single case design research was carried out. In this context, 26 theses were selected from the national thesis center in Turkey using criterion sampling, according to the document analysis data collection technique. The selected theses were subjected to descriptive content analysis. Within the scope of the limitation of the research, validity and reliability criterias were tried to be provided. In the results obtained, it was determined that the researchers especially had problems in the research problem, research question, research design and validity-reliability. It was observed that these problems reduced the quality of the qualitative research. These results show students and academics who will study in the field of communication in the future the points they should pay attention to in the qualitative research process. Therefore, in the conclusion section of the article, suggestions were made to researchers to increase the quality of qualitative research. It is thought that these suggestions will contribute methodologically to future studies in the field of communication that are based on qualitative research and also use the mixed method research tradition.

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Etik Beyan

Bu çalışmanın hazırlanma sürecinde bilimsel ve etik ilkelere uyulduğu ve yararlanılan tüm çalışmaların kaynakçada belirtildiği beyan olunur.

Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

İletişim Çalışmaları

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Erken Görünüm Tarihi

21 Mart 2025

Yayımlanma Tarihi

20 Mart 2025

Gönderilme Tarihi

10 Şubat 2025

Kabul Tarihi

8 Mart 2025

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2025 Cilt: 10 Sayı: 1

Kaynak Göster

APA
Garip, S. (2025). How to Improve the Quality of Qualitative Research? A Descriptive Study on Theses in the Field of Communication in Turkey. Turkish Academic Research Review, 10(1), 84-106. https://doi.org/10.30622/tarr.1637178
AMA
1.Garip S. How to Improve the Quality of Qualitative Research? A Descriptive Study on Theses in the Field of Communication in Turkey. tarr. 2025;10(1):84-106. doi:10.30622/tarr.1637178
Chicago
Garip, Sezen. 2025. “How to Improve the Quality of Qualitative Research? A Descriptive Study on Theses in the Field of Communication in Turkey”. Turkish Academic Research Review 10 (1): 84-106. https://doi.org/10.30622/tarr.1637178.
EndNote
Garip S (01 Mart 2025) How to Improve the Quality of Qualitative Research? A Descriptive Study on Theses in the Field of Communication in Turkey. Turkish Academic Research Review 10 1 84–106.
IEEE
[1]S. Garip, “How to Improve the Quality of Qualitative Research? A Descriptive Study on Theses in the Field of Communication in Turkey”, tarr, c. 10, sy 1, ss. 84–106, Mar. 2025, doi: 10.30622/tarr.1637178.
ISNAD
Garip, Sezen. “How to Improve the Quality of Qualitative Research? A Descriptive Study on Theses in the Field of Communication in Turkey”. Turkish Academic Research Review 10/1 (01 Mart 2025): 84-106. https://doi.org/10.30622/tarr.1637178.
JAMA
1.Garip S. How to Improve the Quality of Qualitative Research? A Descriptive Study on Theses in the Field of Communication in Turkey. tarr. 2025;10:84–106.
MLA
Garip, Sezen. “How to Improve the Quality of Qualitative Research? A Descriptive Study on Theses in the Field of Communication in Turkey”. Turkish Academic Research Review, c. 10, sy 1, Mart 2025, ss. 84-106, doi:10.30622/tarr.1637178.
Vancouver
1.Sezen Garip. How to Improve the Quality of Qualitative Research? A Descriptive Study on Theses in the Field of Communication in Turkey. tarr. 01 Mart 2025;10(1):84-106. doi:10.30622/tarr.1637178

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