Model Building in Social and Communication Science
Seven lectures in September and October and in February and March:
1. |
The use of models in social science, introduction |
2. |
Types of models |
3. |
Discussion of the first part of the lecture book (see below) |
4. |
Discussion of the second part of the lecture book |
5. |
How to build a good conceptual model (semantics, syntax and pragmatics) |
6. |
Model building in communication science-1 |
7. |
Model building in communication science-2 |
Literature: David Britt (1997) A conceptual Introduction to Modelling, Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches. Lawrence and Earlbaum Associates