Review the following list of research questions carefully. Use Google Scholar to learn more about those topics that interest you. Then, select one research question to investigate for your final paper.
I chose:
What is the role of campaign advertising in a social media world?
Then select one of the following areas:
I chose:
News and information consumption
And analyze the impact that the internet has had on one of the following mass communication theories or set of related mass communication theories:
I chose:
agenda-setting
Once you have investigated the research questions and decided which one you want to pursue, write the 2-page research topic proposal essay or memo to your instructor in which you include the following elements:
Re-state the research question that you want to pursue;
Explain why the question interests you;
List at least 5 things you already know about the topics-;
List at least 5 things you need to find out about the topic and
State what your proposed thesis or position statement will be on that topic.
Your thesis must take a position on the research question that you select based not on personal experience, but rather on what you know or learn about your topic from Googling it in Google Scholar or from readings in the classroom’s Course Resources. Be sure to include APA citations and an APA Reference page in your paper.
