Mary Jackson Pitts, Ph.D.

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 Example of operational definitions

These are often found in appendix of a paper or in the methodology section of the paper.  They are also addressed in the Literature Review.

Streaming – technology which allows users to hear or see a file without having to totally download a copy of the file to their computer

Download – to copy a file from an Internet site to one’s own computer

Streaming Radio – for the purposes of this study, streaming radio shall refer only to streaming webcasts of terrestrial radio stations

Streaming Audio – any audio which may be heard using Internet streaming technology

Traditional Radio Stations – radio stations, AM or FM, which broadcast over the air using a transmitter and antenna assembly

Web-Only Streaming Service – streaming audio providers who do not broadcast over the air using a transmitter and antenna assembly

Local Radio Station – traditional radio station which is located in or available in one’s listening area

Non-Local Radio Station – traditional radio station not located in or available in one’s listening area

Listening Area – one’s home and the area surrounding it; area within which one typically listens to radio