mjoelw
Feb 9, 2011
Research Papers / Social constructionism and piracy law [2]
I need to write a 20 page research paper. I have chosen to analyze piracy with the communication theory social constructionism. I want to take the angle that people do not even know they are stealing music, videos, software, etc. (piracy), so how can we prosecute this law. The majority of violators do not even know they are breaking the law. There are obviously people who do know what they are doing, but for the majority I would guess not.
Does anyone have any ideas of how to start this paper and sources I can use? The requirements of the paper are below.
Objectives:
1. To acquaint students with the processes of choosing, reviewing, and critiquing the pertinent literature on a given topic.
2. To understand the relationship between the research question (or hypothesis) and the chosen method.
3. To articulate and justify the research design for the chosen method.
4. To identify how the data would be analyzed.
5. To articulate any foreshadowed problems and/or limitations that the researcher experienced in conducting this study.
Organization of the Final Paper
1. Statement of Purpose & Overview of the Proposal's Content
2. Literature review
3. Research Question(s) & Justification
4. Statement of Method
5. Discussion of Strengths, Limitations, & Ethical Considerations
6. Analysis of data
7. Reporting results
8. Implications and limitations
I need to write a 20 page research paper. I have chosen to analyze piracy with the communication theory social constructionism. I want to take the angle that people do not even know they are stealing music, videos, software, etc. (piracy), so how can we prosecute this law. The majority of violators do not even know they are breaking the law. There are obviously people who do know what they are doing, but for the majority I would guess not.
Does anyone have any ideas of how to start this paper and sources I can use? The requirements of the paper are below.
Objectives:
1. To acquaint students with the processes of choosing, reviewing, and critiquing the pertinent literature on a given topic.
2. To understand the relationship between the research question (or hypothesis) and the chosen method.
3. To articulate and justify the research design for the chosen method.
4. To identify how the data would be analyzed.
5. To articulate any foreshadowed problems and/or limitations that the researcher experienced in conducting this study.
Organization of the Final Paper
1. Statement of Purpose & Overview of the Proposal's Content
2. Literature review
3. Research Question(s) & Justification
4. Statement of Method
5. Discussion of Strengths, Limitations, & Ethical Considerations
6. Analysis of data
7. Reporting results
8. Implications and limitations
