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Discovering Towneley Park : a digital and multimethod approach to understanding the effects of a digital heritage interpretation of a Lancashire park (2018)
Thesis
McDonagh, A. Discovering Towneley Park : a digital and multimethod approach to understanding the effects of a digital heritage interpretation of a Lancashire park. (Thesis). University of Salford

Focusing on Towneley Park in Lancashire, this research explores the intersection of outdoor park heritage and digital heritage interpretation. The project aimed to forefront the opinions of local park users through interviews, field visits and the... Read More about Discovering Towneley Park : a digital and multimethod approach to understanding the effects of a digital heritage interpretation of a Lancashire park.

An exploratory study of new media adoption for participatory programming in southwest Nigeria’s radio stations (2018)
Thesis
Oni, O. (in press). An exploratory study of new media adoption for participatory programming in southwest Nigeria’s radio stations. (Thesis). University of Salford

This study uses mixed methods to closely investigate how journalistic role conceptions and perceived attributes of new technologies, among other external forces, shape broadcast journalists’ intention and actual use of new media technologies. An inte... Read More about An exploratory study of new media adoption for participatory programming in southwest Nigeria’s radio stations.

A revised pragma-dialectical approach to political argumentation in the media (2018)
Thesis
Al-Rikabi, A. (in press). A revised pragma-dialectical approach to political argumentation in the media. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis critically reviews the pragma-dialectical approach to the study of argumentation advanced by van Eemeren and Grootendorst (1984, 1988, 1992, 2003, 2004) and puts forward a modified version of this framework to provide a better analysis o... Read More about A revised pragma-dialectical approach to political argumentation in the media.