Topic Selection & Research Plan
Answer the following questions to explore a topic and research path for your COM/172 final paper due in Week 5. Your response to each question should be at least 50 to 75 words in length.
1. Based on your exploration of topics using the videos and tutorials provided in this week's materials, what research topic are you considering using for your paper?
2. Why have you selected this topic? What interests you academically or personally about your topic?
3. What specific area of this topic would you like to focus on?
4. What is your perspective or point of view on this area of the topic? What do you hope to accomplish through this paper?
5. What do you already know about the topic?
6. What questions about this topic will you need to investigate through research to support your perspective on it?
7. Taking into account your response to the previous two questions, what main points of support are you considering using to support your perspective on this topic? You will need at least three for your final paper.
8. What challenges do you anticipate as you consider the research process?