What topic are you interested in researching? Try to be specific and describe the topic in a few sentences. In other words, don’t just say “I want to study MySpace.”
What is your main research question or set of questions? What are you trying to learn through your research?
How will you approach the subject? Will you conduct interviews, look at online content, follow a hashtag, conduct archival research, etc.? Will you create a media object as part of your project? If so, what kind? Do you want to make a zine, create a PowerPoint presentation, film a video, start a blog, or make a digital graphic novel?
List 3 scholarly sources you plan to read as part of your research project. These should be from academic journals or should be scholarly books. Try to avoid journalistic or unverified online sources at this point.
-Race, sexuality, and gender identity online
-Influencers and branding
-Dead social media platforms (Friendster, MySpace)
-Social media outside the US
-Labor practices and infrastructure
-Algorithms and big data
-AI, Science Fiction, and the future of humanity
-Digital dating and intimacy
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