This assessment is designed with two goals in minds. Throughout your time
at CQU you will be required to write literature reviews. This assessment will
help understand how to identify and interpret the different parts of this
written academic communication genre. In addition, you are required to
present your knowledge in an essay. As we discussed in the lecture,
academic essays are a particular communication genre that is different from
other written academic communication genre, such as a report. This
assessment provides you with an understanding of how to write academic
essays in the future.
For this essay you must choose to write about any one of the weekly articles
listed on the unit Moodle page. You may not write about articles not listed
on the unit Moodle site. The essay must address the following areas:
Identify and describe the topic of the research article,
Identify and describe the question(s)/problem(s)/issue(s) that the
article addresses,
Discuss the significance of question(s)/problem(s)/issue(s),
Describe major findings/conclusions, and
Discuss the significance of the findings for future communication
research or management communication practices.