Research Assignment
Write an 8 page Research Paper on a single new technology or social development that you think is likely to bring about some sort of significant change. Your paper must include at least six legitimate sources, meet all expectations of college scholarship, and demonstrate the ability to adhere to MLA conventions.
Research Requirement
For this project you’ll need to have at least six legitimate sources. The term “legitimate” can mean different things; the bottom line, however, is that the source must be appropriate for the use to which it is being put. However, of these six legitimate sources, at least four must make some kind of argument or express an opinion about your subject, and at least two must be from a scholarly (or other specialized) source.
List of Topics
- The internet and “fake news”
- New pandemics, new responses
- Self-publishing in music, books, etc.
- Use of social media by bots and hackers to influence elections
- Genetic design or selection of humans
- Geo-engineering to fight climate change
- Alternative energy possibilities
- The Internet – loss of privacy
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- Virtual Reality
- The ease with which we can record the world around us -- video
- Mood altering or enhancing drugs (Anti-depressants, LSD, etc.)
- Legalizing hallucinogenic drugs for medical treatment
- Nanotechnology
- Genetically Altered Agriculture and animals for food
- A significant development in the way we consume TV/Music/EntertainmentA controversial new medical technology, such as stem cells or CRISPR
- A controversial new medical technology, such as stem cells or CRISPR
- Any particular way that technology impacts our human relationships
- One new development in Computer Gaming
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- Life extension technologies
- Loss of Newspapers/books
- Extra-planetary travel –settling Mars & beyond
- Online or a specific aspect tech-enhanced education (for a specific age group)
- “Snapchat dysmorphia” – designing your face
- The role of technology in child development and/or in the Classroom
- AI and the Arts
- AI companions / romantic partners
- Others... Add to this list!
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