Assignment Task:
The purpose of this assignment is to help you familiarize yourself with scholarly writing and research in the field of communication and to encourage critical thinking on research.
Instructions:
Write paper on Dr. Ishani Mukherjee's essay on "Death and Digi-memorials" by answering the questions below.
This journal article is from Thanatos , 2014. The rest of the citation info is in the article.
All faculty readings are found on Blackboard under Readings.
Your paper must:
Clearly state and explain the hypothesis, research question(s), or thesis that drive the author's study. In other words, what communication aspects does the author deal with?
Describe how the author conducted her research. That is, what was the design of the study or method used by the author to answer the research question(s)? That is, was it an analysis of text, historical research, surveys, experiments, and etc.? How was it conducted?
What results or findings does the author claim? And, what are the implications and/or relevance of those findings, according to the author?
Comment on your evaluation of the article. That is to say, what did you like about the author's research and analysis, and why? How does their work fit into and contribute to communication studies?
What are some questions (minimum of two) you would like to ask the author if you could?