reasearch essay

First step

Testing Your Subject

Last week we applied concepts from Julie Beck’s article “This Article Won’t Change Your Mind” to a real-world context: a debate between a scientist named Spencer and a flat Earther named Nathan.

At this point you should have chosen the real-world example/s that you plan to examine in your research paper. We will repeat this exercise with your topic, allowing you to connect this example to terms in the article. Use the same grid that we used for the “Flat Earther” video:

 

 

KEY TERMS	[INSERT DESCRIPTION OF YOUR REAL-WORLD CONTEXT]
Cognitive Dissonance
Motivated Reasoning
Selective Exposure / Selective Learning
Particularized Trust
Information Silo / Filter Bubble / Echo Chamber
Tribalism

 

Begin with the “Key Terms” from Beck’s text. You can also add space to examine other passages/ideas from the text that you would like to compare your example to.

Do this also

https://pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu/csu-fyw-rhetoric/chapter/5-2-finding-the-thesis/

this link will help you how to know how to write a thesis.

In “Lesson: Creating a Working Thesis” you encountered three types of thesis templates:

· Templates of agreement

· Templates of disagreement: agreement emphasized

· Templates of disagreement: disagreement emphasized

 

In this discussion, you will try out each type of thesis statement. Write three thesis statements in response to Beck’s article, using each thesis type once