Welcome to my Research Project page! In this page, I will post the drafts of my Research Project.
I wrote a few research papers in my previous ESL (English as a Second Language) classes. At the same time, I learned some method to write a research paper, for example, how to choose a good topic, avoid bias, and write a works cited page. They were very useful and helpful. However, I remember that I straggled with writing the paper because there were too much information, and I could not organize them well. The longer sentences, coherence of my writing more likely to become weak.Thus, I want to get an ability to control a lot of information and keep a coherence by I finish writing this research paper.
Moreover, in blog post #12; Research Project [Instagram and Negative Mental Health], I wrote an annotated bibliography of my research project. In fact, I could not finish this assignment by the due date, but I kept working and finished it by the end of this semester. In blog post #13; Research Project: An X-Ray of My Argument, I checked whether my first draft had thesis statement, first to third supporting point, counter-argument, and prediction by using an "X-ray" process. It was very helpful for me to revise and improve my first draft. I didn't write blog post #14. This is because we won the prize of in-class game show, and this assignment became an optional.
- What is my zeitgeist topic? Instagram and Negative Mental Health - Why does this research topic matter (consider rhetorical exigency)? This is because the relationship between social media and mental health in young people is one of a major social problem.
- What is my research question? How does Instagram represents an American zeitgeist of social media's negative side effects now and in the future?
- Which citation style will I use? Digital Media Citation
- What is the main theme (message) of my argument? Teens should not use social media especially Instagram too much because it rises the risk of a mental health.
- Who is my audience? Teenagers particularly between 13 to 17 years old