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Theory
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Any organized set of concepts, explanations, and principles of some aspects of human experience
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Ontology
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A view of what is knowable or a view of the nature of reality
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Epistemology
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A view of how knowledge is created or expanded
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Axiology
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Defines the proper role of values in research and theory building. It seeks to limit the influence of the researcher
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Postpositivist
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Theory based on empirical observations guided by the scientific method. Believes that human behavior is sufficiently predictable
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Hermeneutic Theory
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The study of understanding especially by interpreting action and text
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Social Hermeneutics
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Theory seeking to understand how those in an observed social situation interpret their own lot in that situation
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Critical Theory
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The goal is to gain knowledge of the social world in order to change it. Seeks emancipation and change in a dominant social order
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Structure
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In critical theory, the social world's rules, norms, and beliefs
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Agency
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In critical theory, how humans behave and interact within an structure
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Dialectic
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In critical theory, the ongoing struggle between agency and structure
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Normative Theory
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Explains how a media system should operate in order to conform to or realize a set of ideal social values
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Empirical
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Describes something that can be verified or approved or disproved by scientific observation
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Macroscopic Theory
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Attempts to explain effects at the cultural or societal level
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Microscopic Theory
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Attempts to explain personal effects at the individual level
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