Research theme · 48 selected briefs
The selected topics use defined texts, media samples, language practices or cultural records as evidence. Each question needs a clear corpus, context and way to interpret the material.
A close reading, content analysis, oral-history project and audience survey produce different kinds of evidence. Public text analysis does not establish audience response, and interviews require informed consent and careful anonymisation.
Igbo · Igbo community communication
This Igbo final year project examines how announcements address members who are geographically absent through consented anonymised association messages and public notices. The study develops a bounded analysis with clearly documented evidence and interpretation limits.
Read the proposed briefLinguistics · Audiovisual translation
This Linguistics final year project explores how subtitles handle humour that depends on Yoruba linguistic forms. It uses lawfully accessed short film scenes and their authorised English subtitles to develop an evidence-led account of language form, meaning or use.
Read the proposed briefMass Communication · Age and media
This Mass Communication final year project examines how technology stories represent older adults' agency and expertise. It develops a bounded study using public technology reports selected through transparent age-related inclusion criteria, with clear criteria for selecting and interpreting the evidence.
Read the proposed briefMusic · Choral language practice
This Music final year project investigates how pronunciation annotations support respectful performance of unfamiliar text. The proposed evidence comes from licensed scores, competent-speaker guidance and consented adult rehearsal trials, with the study limited to an agreed, feasible corpus or production setting.
Read the proposed briefPhilosophy · Communication ethics
This Philosophy final year project examines how anonymity changes duties of evidence and accountability in public discussion. It builds a critical philosophical argument through philosophical work on speech, privacy and responsibility plus hypothetical campus disputes.
Read the proposed briefPublic Relations · Communication evaluation
This Public Relations final year project examines public Relations Evaluation beyond Attendance and Media Mentions. It develops a bounded study using authorised campaign reports with anonymised practitioner explanations, with clear criteria for selecting and interpreting the evidence.
Read the proposed briefReligious Studies · Digital religious communication
This Religious Studies final year project explores how short clips frame the authority of religious speakers. It proposes a respectful, bounded investigation based on public clips and their lawfully accessible longer source recordings where available.
Read the proposed briefYoruba · Yoruba accessibility translation
This Yoruba final year project examines how Yoruba audio description separates visible action from inferred emotion through lawfully accessed short scenes and supervisor-reviewed description drafts. The study develops a bounded analysis with clearly documented evidence and interpretation limits.
Read the proposed briefAdvertising · Brand communication
This Advertising final year project examines packaging Claims and the Distinction between Ingredient and Benefit. It develops a bounded study using public non-medical package images and source labels, with clear criteria for selecting and interpreting the evidence.
Read the proposed briefAnthropology · Food and culture
This Anthropology final year project examines what meanings do adult participants attach to shared-meal practices in a community they identify? The proposed evidence is participant-led interviews with community approval, consent and quotation review, interpreted within a clearly bounded study scope.
Read the proposed briefArabic Studies · Arabic language and gender
This Arabic Studies final year project examines how institutions represent women in professional title forms through public Arabic staff directories and policy documents with personal identifiers minimised. The study develops a bounded analysis with clearly documented evidence and interpretation limits.
Read the proposed briefCommunication and Language Arts · Authorship communication
This Communication and Language Arts final year project investigates how credit statements make editorial, visual and writing contributions visible. The proposed evidence comes from consented adult publication records and agreed contributor-role descriptions, with the study limited to an agreed, feasible corpus or production setting.
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