Welcome back to my blog post #11! In this blog, I can write anything about my research project. Thus, I decided to write about a plan and progress of my research project.
Last week, I was thinking to research about social networking service such as Instagram and the effect on teenagers. However, I realized that my topic was still too broad because there are many possible topics that I can expand from my topic. For example, if I focus on a danger of using Instagram, I will be able to write about the disadvantages such as privacy. Also, if I focus on the relationship between Instagram and teenager's mental health, I will be able to write about mental health problem such as depression. Therefore, I decided to narrow down my topic. First, I wanted to research about Instagram, so I decided to write about something related to Instagram. This is because I did not understand why so many people were attracted by it although they can only post their pictures such as selfies. In addition, I was interested in mental health problems too. This is because even though technology has developed very fast, many people are straggling with mental health problems such as depression, and there is not specific solution yet. From these my interests, I decided "Instagram and Depression" as a topic of my research project. In fact, both of them have a strong relationship. Also, I think this topic represents a American zeitgeist now and in the future. Next, I needed to decide a genre of my research project. Last week, I was thinking to write MLA Research Paper. This is because I had written MLA research paper before. However, my teacher said to us, "If your audience was a teenager, MLA research paper might not work well. This is because it looked like difficult and boring for them." Also, he recommended me Op-Ed (opinion editorial) as my genre. Thus, I decided to write Op-Ed research paper after I compared it with other two genres; Multigenre and Documentary. Finally, now I am ready to start writing the first draft of my research project. Thus, I will start working as soon as possible because the due date of the first draft is next Sunday. I am sure I will be straggle with the project, but it will be the last formal assignment for English CompositionⅠclass. Therefore, I will try to do my best so that I will not regret it later.
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Doug
11/12/2019 05:23:09 am
Yuki,
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Aylin
11/12/2019 05:25:10 am
I think MLA style could work for your research project because as you said, you changed your topic to Instagram and depression and I don't think it is a topic just for teenagers but for all ages.
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