4th Quarter Research Project

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Seven Areas of Research: Research Subjects

Search Engines

Blogging and Micro-blogging

Video and Photo Sharing

Virtual Worlds and Gaming

Social Networking

Digital Communication

Collaborative Creation/Editing


Five Research Questions/Areas: Research Topics

History

  1. How did it start? How has it grown? What awaits it--and us--in the future?
  2. What is the big idea behind the product/service?
  3. What does its history teach us about success and failure, about making a difference?

Opportunities and Threats

  1. What benefits can it bring or has it brought, and what dangers does it raise?
  2. How can all this guide us in the future?

Uses and Misuses

  1. In what ways can it be used to help people and do good work?
  2. In what ways can it be abused and harm others, myself, or society?
  3. What does this tell us about technology and people in general?
  4. What could be a guiding principle/ethics amongst the youth with regards the use of technology? How can this value be shared?

Productive Uses and Additional Benefits

  1. How can it be used outside socializing and gaming--in schools, work, or other "worth" causes like learning, helping others, etc.?
  2. What would be some of the challenges and problems?
  3. Any success stories?
  4. How would it change, improve, revolutionize (or how has it already changed, improved, revolutionized) the way we learn, help others, or work for other worthy causes?
  5. Cite examples of best practices and bad practices. Please be specific and provide tangible applications.

Impact and Implications

  1. How has it affected--or how will it affect--people, myself, areas of my life, culture, and society? The way we live, work, relate to one another, the way we orgnzie our lives and knowledge?
  2. What does all this say about media and its power?
  3. How does it affect your way of thinking, if at all?
  4. How does it affect your way of relating with others?
  5. How does it affect your way of learning or working?


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