The revised research plan is where you will describe how
you will occupy the niche you identified in the literature review. Spend
some time reviewing how the literature review sections transition into
methodology sections of the student research papers we have read this
term, and then decide on a method most appropriate for your topic. We
will talk extensively about the methods section of your paper in class
over the next few meetings.
The Task: Write a planning document that outlines the following:
1) Your research question: Write a paragraph describing your question
and how you arrived at that question. Remember, your question should have
changed since you first started your project. Use sources from your
literature review to describe your niche.
2) The data you plan to collect to answer the question--ie, who you plan to study.
3) How will you go about doing the research? Be as specific as possible
about the number of research subjects, how the research subjects will
be chosen, and what you will do (interview, survey, observation, focus
group, textual analysis, and so on).
Bayleigh Fitzsimmons
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ENC1102_
2 March 2017
Revised Research Plan
I began this course determined to explain how captivity affects animal welfare. What initially sparked my interest in exploring the topic of animal welfare in confinement was an article by Robert Anderson, Robyn Waayers, and Andrew Knight. Their article examines the behavior of orcas in confinement. One quote that stood out to me was, “The subsequent involvement of these orcas and their offspring in aggressive incidents with humans is also documented and examined. This is particularly relevant given that the highest recorded rates of aggressive incidents have occurred among orcas who had previously established unstructured human friendship bonds prior to their inclusion within oceanaria performances. It is concluded that the confinement of orcas within aquaria, and their use in entertainment programs, is morally indefensible, given their high intelligence, complex behaviors, and the apparent adverse effects on orcas of such confinement and use.” (Orca Behavior And Subsequent Aggression Associated With Oceanarium Confinement). However, as the course progressed and we began to look more in depth into our research topics I realized a major pitfall of my chosen topic. As an animal rights supporter it would not be possible for me to conduct my own study on how captivity affects animal welfare without confining animals myself, which goes against my beliefs as an animal rights supporter. However, I was still determined to examine some area of animal rights and realized it was time to find a different to approach this topic.
Many studies have been done on what methods of campaigning work for animal rights campaigns based on their success or how much they affected society. For example, Carrie P. Freeman argued that what made some vegan campaigns successful was their use of animal welfare ideology, avoiding a direct challenge to the dominant human/animal dualism. What I have noticed after analyzing multiple texts regarding animal rights campaigns, is a lack of direct information of how the general public reacts to campaigns and what does not particularly work for them.
In order to answer the question; which animal rights campaigns are effective and why? I will attempt to answer this question by selecting a group of about five students at UCF. They will be shown multiple current animal rights campaigns, after they are shown the campaigns they will be given a short survey which asks what exactly worked or did not work for them in the campaigns. For example, a radical campaign that uses harsh imaging to get their point across may not work for everyone and in turn may not be successful in translating their message. I will then collect the data and summarize what methods of campaigning are effective for students at UCF.
Works cited:
Anderson, Robert, Robyn Waayers, and Andrew Knight. "Orca Behavior And Subsequent
Aggression Associated With Oceanarium Confinement." Animals (2016): 1-21.
Academic Search. Premier. Web. 23 Jan. 2017.
Freeman, Carrie Packwood. "Framing Animal Rights In The "Go Veg" Campaigns Of
U.S. Animal Rights Organizations." Society & Animals 18.2 (2010): 163-182.
Academic Search Premier. Web. 8 Feb. 2017.
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ReplyDeleteJonathan Frucht
DeleteJoe Longhany
ENC-1102
6 March 2017
Revised Research Plan
When asked to think of a topic that interested us, stereotypes came to my mind. My interest in the media’s influence in stereotypes developed from a movie I once saw called Branded, which was about the effects of false advertising and the will of the public. I decided to focus on the two subjects of Body-Image and Greek Life, because I feel these two trends affect me daily. For Greek-Life stereotypes, I am talking about those that entail that the men are all “Frat Boys”, a word that is “synonymous with trust funds, polo shirts, paddle-wielding pledge trainers, and beer cans crushed on foreheads” or those that claim sororities seem “extremely selective” or seen as required to have a certain characteristic of being “material” (O’Donnell ; Coplin). On the other specific, I am also interested in media’s role in body-image and the standard of beauty known as the thin-ideal, a trend that shows “positive relation between media consumption and body dissatisfaction among women” (Shelly Grabe et al). The reason I chose to include two different branches of stereotypes is due to the fact that the root cause seems to be similar, media.
For my data, I plan to use past studies and researches to influence my perspective on this topic. By using textual analysis, I plan to identify trends and new information in past examples of literature, such as past beauty advertisements, scenes in televised media, and any other media source that has to deal with my topic. I also plan to anonymously survey a group of college students, who may or may not be apart of Greek-Life, about their views and feels towards body-image related issues. To survey them, I will post a survey to multiple facebook group pages that hold students of the University Of Central Florida. One being my Fraternal group page and another being the Class of 2020 page. Once I have an adequate amount of data pertaining to my topic, I will then start to categorize and create sections for my research paper.
Works Cited
Coplin, Kira. "Sorority Rush: An inside Peek: To some Girls, Sorority Life Is about Good Friends and Good Deeds. But Other Girls Think It's Snobby, Exclusive--And All about Partying. Rewarding and Exciting, or Catty and Cruel? Two Girls Uncover What It's Really Like to Rush." Cosmogirl!, no. 2, 2007, p. 150. EBSCOhost, login.ezproxy.net.ucf.edu/login?auth=shibb&url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsggr&AN=edsgcl.159965010&site=eds-live&scope=site.
Grabe, Shelly; Ward, L. Monique; Hyde, Janet Shibley. "The role of the media in body image concerns among women: A meta-analysis of experimental and correlational studies" Psychological Bulletin, Vol 134(3), May 2008, 460-476. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.134.3.460
O'Donnell, Ben. "What's Right with Fraternities." Chronicle of Higher Education, vol. 56, no. 16, 11 Dec. 2009, p. A76. EBSCOhost,
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