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Shaping Your Research Paper Ideas
Every time you narrow a subject into a topic, remember your boundaries and parameters: time, length, audience, and purpose. Keep all other special considerations in mind as well. Always consider what you can handle within the restrictions you have been given-as well as what you would most enjoy writing about for several weeks or months. Follow these guidelines: 6. Write your final topic as a question. Television as "vast wasteland" Television as "chewing gum for the mind" Children and television Educational television Cable television Television documentaries Golden Age of television Television and ethnic stereotypes Sex and violence on television Amount of television watched and its effect Tabloid television Reading over the list, Samantha realized that some of her ideas were still very broad. For example, "children and television" is large enough to be the subject of a book-or a series of books. The same is true of "television documentaries," "Golden Age of television," and "cable television."
Further, even narrowing down some of these topics might not lead to persuasive essays. "Cable television," for instance, seems better suited to an expository essay that explains the history of the field, its impact on viewers, and so on. One evening, Samantha was watching reruns of a children's educational television show she had loved years ago when the idea came to her: Is educational television really educational? Maybe educational television was indeed beneficial in teaching numbers, letters, and other necessary content- or perhaps it affected children negatively. Now Samantha had her narrowed topic and could continue with the next step, writing a thesis statement. This is covered in the next chapter. |
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