Assignment task:
Effective research involves not only knowing where to find sources and knowing how to find them but also being able to evaluate and identify quality sources. In this assignment, you will use your research skills to locate quality sources for a research topic and your critical reading skills to take notes on the source. Follow the steps below for assignment submission.
STEP 1: Choose ONE of the topics below. This is the topic you will use to practice employing your research and evaluative skills.
Topic Choice:
Cyberbullying in Social Media: How should social media companies improve the bullying and harassment policies on their platforms to better protect their users?
STEP 2: Once you have chosen a topic and corresponding research question, locate several sources on the topic. As you locate sources, evaluate them to determine if they would be viable sources for a research paper on this topic. For help with source evaluation, see section R-2 in Little Seagull and consult the CRAAP test resource page
STEP 3: Upload to this assignment the following:
Enter the URL for one quality sourceLinks to an external site. in your assignment submission
Include in the Comments field a 5-7-sentence explanation of what makes this source a valuable source of information for the topic/research question. Use section R-2 in The Little Seagull to help you in evaluating the source.