Exam 14: Research Results in Print and Online: Writing and Presenting for Scholarly and Other Publics

Published scholarly articles are often something of a collaborative process among authors, reviewers, and editors.

If you rigorously follow a style guide such APA, MLA, or Chicago, you will NOT need to make any decisions about what aspects of your research to report.

Style guides such as APA, MLA, and Chicago give guidance on how to choose your method for scholarly research.

Research reports written for scholarly groups emphasize results, conclusions, and relevance to the reader more than the theory behind the research.

Explain how writing a scholarly research paper can limit the extent to which potentially interested publics will know about the research.

Discuss the extent to which writing a news release based on a scholarly research project is an ethical decision and how well or how much your readers should be informed.

Scholarly reports must always be written in the passive rather than the active voice.

Accounts of communication research become less and less specific as they "move" from original scholarly articles to popular media.

Scholarly researchers make their research results public through all EXCEPT ______.

Adapting scholarly research reports to the needs of news media means ______.

By accurately citing all the sources used in your research, you do all EXCEPT ______.

What are the differences between panel presentations and poster papers at an academic conference?

Research reports for a corporate audience should always have a full scholarly literature review.

Which of the following writing styles does NOT use author's first and last names in referencing them?

The exact style and format of your final research report will be determined by your personal preference.

Explain the concept of voice in scholarly writing.

Poster sessions at scholarly conferences basically involve ______.

According to APA, you should always mention participant race, even if it is irrelevant to the study.

Outline the basic structure of a research report written for a nonscholarly interest group and explain how this differs in structure and style from a research report written for scholarly readers.

In publishing, the term format refers to the standardized headings and style that each publication uses.