RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

REPORTING AND THESIS WRITING

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A podcast of Walt Disney talking about Disney World.
A
Primary Source
B
Secondary Source
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A documentary can be either primary or secondary depending on the context. If you are directly analyzing some aspect of the movie itself – for example, the cinematography, narrative techniques, or social context – the movie is a primary source.

Detailed explanation-2: -Examples of primary sources: Theses, dissertations, scholarly journal articles (research based), some government reports, symposia and conference proceedings, original artwork, poems, photographs, speeches, letters, memos, personal narratives, diaries, interviews, autobiographies, and correspondence.

Detailed explanation-3: -Primary sources are materials directly related to a topic by time or participation. These materials include letters, speeches, diaries, newspaper articles from the time, oral history interviews, documents, photographs, artifacts, or anything else that provides firsthand accounts about a person or event.

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