{"id":75914,"date":"2025-11-13T10:34:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T10:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/?page_id=75914"},"modified":"2025-11-17T12:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T12:31:10","slug":"developing-a-search-strategy-research-frame","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/developing-a-search-strategy-research-frame\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing a search strategy: research frame"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Research Frame (Towlson and Keddie, 2014) encourages reflection on what frames your research topic\/question. It shows the angle of vision taken on a topic. Work from the centre frame (What?) to the outer frame (Where?). Text or an image could be included in the What? frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What? Description\/illustration of your topic <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Who? Groups or individuals related to the topic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When? Historical context i.e. Edwardian, contemporary, Renaissance, 15th century<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Where? Geographic location\/setting; cultural issues impacting on the What?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Towlson, K and Keddie, C. (2014) <em>Making the text visual<\/em> [PowerPoint presentation]. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/ciliparlg\/making-the-textual-visual-by-kaye-towlson-and-carol-keddie-demontfort-university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/ciliparlg\/making-the-textual-visual-by-kaye-towlson-and-carol-keddie-demontfort-university <\/a>(Accessed: 12 November 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below is an outline of a research frame. Work from the centre of the frame. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/11\/Research-frame-2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1013\" height=\"1013\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/11\/Research-frame-2-edited-1.png\" alt=\"Simple infographic showing a stack of nested frames under the heading \u201cResearch Frame.\u201d Labels progress inward from broad to specific: outer frame \u201cWhere?\u201d, next \u201cWhen?\u201d, then \u201cWho?\u201d, and the innermost box \u201cWhat?\u201d.\" class=\"wp-image-76106\" style=\"width:719px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/11\/Research-frame-2-edited-1.png 1013w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/11\/Research-frame-2-edited-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/11\/Research-frame-2-edited-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/11\/Research-frame-2-edited-1-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1013px) 100vw, 1013px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Research Frame (Towlson and Keddie, 2014) encourages reflection on what frames your research topic\/question. 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