Post your 2-page (approximate) research topic paper here. This has two parts (20 points): Topic overview: (about 2 pages) Define your topic from the field of communication, explain why it’s important to the field and/or society, relate it to at least one communication theory, tentative research questions, list at least four empirical research sources that relate to your topic, and explain how you could do the research. This should be an overview of your project. Use the following questions as a mental roadmap: 1. What am I studying? 2. Why is this topic important to investigate? 3. What do we know about this topic already? 4. How will this study advance new knowledge or new ways of understanding? 5. The variables and relationships of interest? Class presentation: A 5-10 minute class presentation of your overview, why your topic is important to research, and how you would go about this research project.
