Well I handed in my draft this past week! I really need to work on it because I totally rushed it. I was honestly scared to type it just because I can't stand research projects! I'm just happy we can submit multiple drafts so I can keep improving it.
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So today in class, we talked about reflection and Aristotle's Rhetorical Triangle. We did an activity on the board where we pieced together the rhetorical triangle and received an extension deadline on our research project.
That right there was describing, not reflecting. And I feel like when I'm suppose to reflect, I end up just describing and I need to stop that. On another note, I've decided for my research project to talk about social media hiatuses. I sort of set myself up for this without realizing it. Months ago, before this class started, I got rid of my social media. I hoped that it would help me clear my head and get out of the funk I was in. And looking back now, it did. I'm not glued to my phone and mindlessly scrolling when I have nothing to do. So I guess the question for my research paper would be, how has my social media break helped me overall? So, we've started the research project. And, honestly, I'm nervous. Something about research projects freak me out. Thankfully, our professor is really cool.
I think what I'm going to be looking into is social media's effect on youth depression and suicide rates. I don't know if I'm going to compare it to previous generations or not. And I also have no idea if I want to do a documentary or not. I was thinking it would be interesting to do that but I'm short on time. Sabatino was so right, you think doing a video would be cool but then you realize how much time you actually have and you're like "nah, nevermind." Hello! I made a vlog for blog posts ten and eleven so enjoy watching that. In this assignment, I had to talk about the two documentaries I watched to kick off our research project. Miss Representation and The Mask You Live In touch on how media and society effects women and men's mental health. It talks about information that we already know but digs deeper to show the nasty facts we don't. I enjoyed watching these and these have really made me think about our world. |
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