Blog 7

Blog #7: Do some writing to the points on the worksheet on developing a research question. You do not need to write to every point.  You do need to do sufficient writing to clearly identify a broad focus for your work.  The more you write into your idea - the more feedback I can give you.  

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 Research Topic: I want to research storytelling from a women's point of view compared to a man's. How are the stories told differently? 


1. Familiarize yourself with your topic:
-I am having a hard time finding this information on websites, so I may want to look at more professional data bases or books. Men and woman of different ages interpret things differently due to emotions and other characteristics, therefore how they tell a story varies. Storytelling is an everyday thing and no one really goes into much depth about it.

2. Identify a research question:
-How do men tell stories?
-How do women tell stories?
-Does interest play a role in how the story is told? 
-Does the story genre matter in how the story is told and interpreted?
-Does the way we interpret a story play a part in how we tell the story to others?
-Whats the reason behind storytelling? What can we gain from it?
-Why does the original story change so much as it is retold?

3. Decide what you need to know in order to answer your research question:

-The research behind actual storytelling.
-As much about storytelling as I can search.
-The reason behind storytelling and why it changes from person to person.
-How stories are interpreted
-What ages should the adults be? Early twenties or adults in their fifties?
-Do I want each subject to tell the same story?
-Do I want my subjects to tell a story based on a picture?

4.  Formulate a research plan that includes:

Statement: I hope to figure out why women tell stories differently than men do.

-I want to listen to a man tell a story and have a woman tell the same story based on the same topic or picture.

-I can use the websites I listed above as sources as well at online internet data bases.

WHO: One man and one woman either in their early 20's or early 50's.
WHERE: observe/ask questions in a home setting. Have them tell the same story and find similarities and differences.

NUMBER OF SUBJECTS?  2.

METHODS: Interviews, observations, textual analysis.

-I am either going to have my subjects tell a story based on an experience or give them each a picture prompt and have them create a story of their own.
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Research Topic: How violent video game affect young children as they grow into adolescents. Is it due to how the child is brought up or is it really the idea behind the video games that causes children to become violent?

1. Familiarize yourself with your topic:

- A majority of video games include violence and about half of the violent incidents would result in serious injuries or death in the "real" world. 
-violent video games can increase children's aggression.
-When kids have anxiety, instead of soothing themselves they tend to externalize it. They can attack something. There's an increased frequency of violent responses from children who play these kinds of video games.

-If you shoot someone in a game you don't go to jail, but in real life it's a whole different story.

-Parents should minimize the amount of time is spend playing violent video games.

http://www.drphil.com/articles/article/297

-Violent video games effect each child differently.

-Children who already have violent thoughts or behaviors are more likely to be affected negatively by exposure to video games.
-Emotionally strong children have vibrant amounts of aggression and a strong capacity to experience anger. 

http://www.carolinaparent.com/articlemain.php?Do-Violent-Video-Games-Affect-Children-3272

-Does our brain play a part in emotions?

-Are children influenced by the media?

-Are video games targeting children to become violent?

2. Identify a research question:

-How are emotionally disturbed children affected by violent video games?

-How do violent video games affect younger children compared to teenaged children?

-How do parents play a role in the violence that their children gain from violent video games?

-How do different groups of children view violent video games?

-Does race play a part in the violence in video games?

-Is how a child brought up a reason for violent behaviors due to video games?

-How do violent video games affect young children as they age?

3. Decide what you need to know in order to answer your research question:

-I need to know what age I want to focus on

-I may want to find negative and positive impacts on violent video games and maybe video games that are not violent.

-I may want to figure out connections in the brain

-I need to compare certain types of violent video games and children that come from certain distinct family backgrounds.

-I need to look into the history of a particular video game.

-I need to see what children think about the video games and how parents feel about it.

-It may help to see what kind of hobbies children like to do and compare it to their behavior. Are they violent in school?

4.  Formulate a research plan that includes:

Statement: I hope to figure out what types of violent video games affect what groups of children. I want to know if a child's life at home is a key factor in the violence.

-I want to compare a child playing a violent video game compared to a teenager or adult playing a video violent game and how they act during it.

-I can use the websites I listed above as sources as well at online internet data bases.

WHO: I may want to observe an adult's overall behavior who has an interest for violent video games. I can find a friend who plays violent video games and then I may want to watch my cousin in 5th grade play a violent video game.  

WHERE: observe/ask questions at home.

METHODS: Interviews, discourse analysis, observations