Instructor Resource
Dainton, Applying Communication Theory for Professional Life 4e
SAGE Publishing, 2018
Case Notes
Chapter 2: Theory Development
Answer to Case Study 2: Education as Entertainment Reconsidered
Question 1. Based on what you read in Chapter 1 and the additional information just provided,
was EET developed using an inductive or a deductive theory development process? Why?
Question 2. What type of research (primary or secondary) was used in the development of EET?
Was this a good choice?
Question 3. Which research method was used to test the theory? Is this the appropriate method?
Why or why not?
50). There was a balance of gender representation.
Question 4. Is EET social scientific or humanistic? Provide details from the information in
Chapter 1 and this chapter to support your case.
Question 5. In what ways do you think EET should change or grow in the future? Be specific in
detailing how it might change and why it might change in that manner.
SAMPLE STUDENT ANSWER: The theory can grow both in intension (re-