How do Violent Video Games Affect the Thoughts and Actions of Minors
Create a research proposal that has a clear methodology, follows the guiding questions below, and connects to the research question above.
(You won’t need to conduct a real case study, just answer the questions as you would if you were to theoretically conduct a study on this topic.)
10 sources will be required, and 9 of them must be peer-reviewed sources. (I will provide several sources in an attached document that may help).
For this section you will need to do the following:
1) Choose a qualitative data collection strategy (interview, ethnography, content analysis, mixed methods) that aligns with your methodology and explain why you this strategy is appropriate for your proposed study.
2) Explain each step of data collection using this method. Use and cite course readings to support your explanations.
a. What kind of sample are you using?
b. How will you select your sample?
c. Will you need to get permission from any institutions to collect your data?
d. How will you address the issue of gaining Human Subjects permission and securing informed consent?
e. How will you ensure confidentiality?
f. What types of data will you collect? Interviews? Content analysis? Be specific and include questions if you plan to do interviews, explain how you will collect fieldnotes if you are conducting ethnography, etc.
g. How are you going to collect demographic information from your participants?
h. What processes will you need to undertake to make your data analyzable? In order to address this issue, you will need to explain the form in which your data will be prior to analysis, i.e., field notes, interviews, etc., and explain the processes that are required to make these data analyzable.
3) Conclusion (Half to one page)
This section should wrap up your proposal, restate the research you want to conduct and the contributions that you hope it will make to knowledge in sociology.
4) Works Cited
All sources cited throughout the proposal need to be included in the bibliography. Students can use either APA or ASA style. Sources should be listed alphabetically by the last name of the first author.
Please ask any questions if you have any, and please try your best to follow the guidelines and rubric to aim for 30 points.
