Engineering The Scientific Problem In Media And Communication Research -An Approach To Formulation And Employment Mechanisms

Abstract

One of the most important stages of scientific research is defining the research problem, due to its great importance in defining, and controlling the topic. However, the matter is not without difficulty and complexity sometimes; there are conditions and standards that the researcher must adhere to in order to succeed in defining his research problem and formulating it well; among these conditions; the sources through which the researcher obtains the research problem, such as the researcher's scientific experience, periodicals, magazines and previous studies that have addressed the topic, in addition to the fact that the research problem must be formulated in clear, understandable and specific phrases that express the content and scope of the problem. There are also standards that must be taken into consideration, such as formulating the problem in an interrogative or declarative manner, and the problem must express a relationship between two or more variables, and it must be testable and experimental. Then we have the process of evaluating the research problem; in terms of the limits of the problem raised by the research and the value of the results that can be reached and the extent to which this topic contributes to scientific additions and the extent to which the research problem can be studied and analyzed.