{"id":22577,"date":"2023-06-30T18:42:55","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T18:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/what-factors-limit-the-spread-of-information-ideas-attitudes-norms-and-behaviours-in-social-networks\/"},"modified":"2023-06-30T18:42:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T18:42:55","slug":"what-factors-limit-the-spread-of-information-ideas-attitudes-norms-and-behaviours-in-social-networks","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/what-factors-limit-the-spread-of-information-ideas-attitudes-norms-and-behaviours-in-social-networks\/","title":{"rendered":"What factors limit the spread of information, ideas, attitudes, norms, and behaviours in social networks?"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. Writing Style: Academic style\uff1b<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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2. Research Essay Structure:<\/span><\/span> The research essay should have the
\nfollowing contents:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a7  <\/span><\/span><\/span>State the topic<\/span> and<\/span> research question<\/span>(s) of the proposed
\nresearch project, and explain why it is relevant (for science, for society, or
\nfor you personally). <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a7  <\/span><\/span><\/span>Discuss the main theories and perspectives<\/span> you found in the literature. Explain
\nhow they relate to your research question. Are there different \/ contradicting
\nviewpoints in the literature?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a7  <\/span><\/span><\/span>Explain what reasons researchers
\ngive to support their theories \/ perspectives, what empirical evidence<\/span> there is, and to what extent the different
\ntheories\/ perspectives are supported or contradicted by this evidence. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a7  <\/span><\/span><\/span>Contextualize the topic of your
\nresearch essay by discussing how it relates
\nto your personal experience, <\/span>to experiences <\/span>of people you know, or reports and stories that you found in the
\nmedia.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a7  <\/span><\/span><\/span>Sum up the main points and state
\nyour conclusion<\/span> regarding the research
\nquestion. If you believe the evidence is inconclusive and the question cannot
\nbe answered in a definitive way, please state this. You also have the option to
\nformulate your own ideas regarding the question or suggest future directions
\nfor research. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a7  <\/span><\/span><\/span>Report the count of all words<\/span> in the document body (excluding title page and
\nreferences).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a7  <\/span><\/span><\/span>List the references<\/span> in alphabetical order and APA 7 citation style<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Marking Criteria: <\/b>Literature review 50% of the research paper grade, the quality of argument structure and critical analysis (40%), as well as language quality, writing style, and references (10%);<\/p>\n

4. Detail of marking:  <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a7  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Literature review: <\/span><\/b>A large amount of relevant
\nliterature is discussed in great depth; highly relevant theories and
\nperspectives are extracted comprehensively from the literature; there is an
\nexcellent critical comparison of different theories; empirical evidence is
\ndiscussed in great depth; structural variables and frameworks have been
\nidentified in great depth.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a7  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Argument Structure and Critical Analysis: <\/b>There is a clear and highly convincing logical argument structure and seamless coherence; engaging and highly relevant illustrative examples and contextualization is given; a convincing logical conclusion is drawn from the evidence, and own theoretical deliberations or proposals for future research are discussed; there an excellent critical and analytical treatment of the topic.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a7  <\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Language Quality, Writing Style and References: <\/span><\/b>The
\nlanguage quality is excellent; the writing style is concise, expressive and
\nelegant; citations and referencing are flawless.<\/span><\/p>\n


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1. Writing Style: Academic style\uff1b 2. Research Essay Structure: The research essay should have the following contents: \u00a7  State the topic and research question(s) of the proposed research project, and explain why it is relevant (for science, for society, or for you personally). \u00a7  Discuss the main theories and perspectives you found in the literature. Explain […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[1121],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/22577"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/22577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=22577"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=22577"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=22577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}