Provide a dissertation research plan should not include a traditional literature review (a set of long and detailed summaries of individual items of literature). A traditional literature review is contained in a full dissertation, which is 10,000. Traditional literature reviews can sometimes be 2,000-3,000 words, which makes them entirely unsuitable for a dissertation research plan.
A dissertation research plan should instead include ' description of the relevant literature and academic debates', this means a description of the sorts of literature and academic debates that would be included in the study. For example, a description of a body of literature and academic debates about citizen journalis