1. In a minimum of 250 words, please describe the new media technology or application that you are going to research. Explain the specific qualities, cultural and technological, that interest you and why.
  2. Write a research question that addresses your new media technology, explains the specific qualities that you intend to research, and describes their effects on human life.
  3. Cite and summarize 3 secondary sources. A secondary source is a work that analyzes, assesses, or interprets a topic. At least 1 of these sources must be scholarly. Your 2nd and 3rd sources can be scholarship, news, magazine articles, reviews, or other resources. For each source, write 2-3 sentences which summarize the source and explain how it relates to your papers topic. Be concise, your goal is to briefly note the thesis, claim, or central focus of the secondary resource and its relevance.
  4. Write a tentative thesis, or claim, which answers your research question.
  5. In 2-3 sentences, describe the possible counterarguments to your thesis. (You will need to refute these in your final paper.)