Due Date: February 27
Your research proposal is a 750-word document that describes what digital platform or format you would like to study. Your proposal should address the following questions:
- What do you want to study and why?
- Who else has studied this platform or format? How have they done so? If you have been unable to find any existing research, why do you think that is?
- What kinds of materials do you plan to examine?
- How do you plan to approach these materials? We have read research (Racing the Beam and Flash) that gives you some clues about research methodology, and you should cite those texts when discussing the method you plan to use.
- You can make your argument using various media (words, sound, image, video, and so on). What medium are you planning to use for this project, and why?
While this document is not a contract and your project might shift as you do research, your proposal should demonstrate that you've done preliminary research and have carefully considered how you will approach this semester-long project.
When providing feedback on these proposals, I will be looking for the following:
- Have you provided adequate and detailed answers to the questions listed above?
- Have you cited our readings when discussing how you'll approach this research?
- Is your proposal effectively designed? Can I easily follow your arguments and answers to these questions? The design of the document is up to you (subheadings, diagrams, etc.), but that design should demonstrate that you've designed it with a purpose.
- Is your proposal generally well-written and free of grammatical errors?
