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.
Creative Arts · Spatial media practice
This Creative Arts final year project investigates how projected imagery changes interpretations of an ordinary indoor surface. The proposed evidence comes from permission-cleared indoor sites and original low-risk projection trials, with the study limited to an agreed, feasible corpus or production setting.
Read the proposed briefEnglish and Literary Studies · Literary stylistics
This English and Literary Studies final year project examines the positioning of readers through untranslated multilingual passages. The proposed evidence base is two Nigerian English-language novels containing recurring multilingual dialogue.
Read the proposed briefEnglish Language · Computer-mediated discourse
This English Language final year project investigates how punctuation contributes to interpreted tone in customer-service messages, drawing on synthetic English message pairs and an approved consenting-adult interpretation task. The analysis focuses on language in its communicative context.
Read the proposed briefFilm and Multimedia Studies · Interactive media usability
This Film and Multimedia Studies final year project examines multimedia Project Menus and Recovery from Navigation Errors. It develops a bounded study using original low-risk prototypes and approved adult tasks, with clear criteria for selecting and interpreting the evidence.
Read the proposed briefFine and Applied Arts · Mixed-media art
This Fine and Applied Arts final year project investigates how edge treatment organises a visual account of fragmented memory. The proposed evidence comes from original collage studies using owned photographs and rights-cleared papers, with the study limited to an agreed, feasible corpus or production setting.
Read the proposed briefFrench · Francophone translation poetics
This French final year project examines how French prose integrates proverbs associated with another language through two Francophone literary works with source-verifiable proverb references. The study develops a bounded analysis with clearly documented evidence and interpretation limits.
Read the proposed briefHausa · Hausa agricultural communication
This Hausa final year project examines how extension messages sequence seasonal actions and conditions through public Hausa agricultural messages reviewed with relevant subject expertise. The study develops a bounded analysis with clearly documented evidence and interpretation limits.
Read the proposed briefHistory and International Studies · Media history
This History and International Studies final year project investigates how radio institutions shaped the presentation of election information. The proposed source base combines archived schedules, accessible broadcast scripts and contemporary press commentary, subject to an initial access and provenance check.
Read the proposed briefIgbo · Igbo heritage language
This Igbo final year project examines how labels distinguish documented object use from symbolic interpretation through public Igbo-language museum labels and accessible catalogue records. The study develops a bounded analysis with clearly documented evidence and interpretation limits.
Read the proposed briefLinguistics · Language attitudes
This Linguistics final year project explores how adults evaluate Pidgin across distinct formal communicative settings. It uses an approved questionnaire using carefully balanced fictional scenarios to develop an evidence-led account of language form, meaning or use.
Read the proposed briefMass Communication · Algorithmic media experience
This Mass Communication final year project examines how adults describe repeated topics in their news feeds. It develops a bounded study using approved adult interviews using participant-selected non-sensitive examples, with clear criteria for selecting and interpreting the evidence.
Read the proposed briefMusic · Ensemble culture
This Music final year project investigates how adult ensembles resolve competing interpretations of a passage. The proposed evidence comes from consented rehearsal discussions and authorised score annotations, with the study limited to an agreed, feasible corpus or production setting.
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