Technology Society and Culture

Course Project

The Research Paper

This week, you will submit the final draft of your research paper. The paper is expected to be professional and written following APA guidelines. An APA paper template has been provided here for students unfamiliar with these requirements.

The paper must incorporate all of the following components required for the assignment:

A title page, including the student's name and DSI number 

An abstract

A table of contents

An introduction, including a clearly defined thesis statement (roughly one page) 

A historical timeline that diagrams at least three predecessors to the emergent technology that includes an assessment on how these technologies influenced the development of the current technology (roughly two pages)

An analysis of the technology’s influence on society considering all of the following components (roughly four pages)

Social

Cultural

Political

Economic

Environmental impact

An evaluation of the ethical considerations associated with the technology in relation to its impact on humanity (roughly two pages)

Concluding remarks that include predictions for the future of humanity given the technology’s emergence (roughly one page) 

In-text, APA-formatted citations with a reference page

A one-page peer evaluation analysis detailing the following items: 

A copy of the Peer Evaluation Grading Sheet

The edits added or subtracted from the suggestions provided by the collaboration

A description of the reasoning behind the changes

Visual aids, including appropriate graphics and statistical chartsW 

Grading Rubric

ContentPoints

A title page is provided 

 5

An abstract is provided 

 5

A table of contents is provided 

 5

An introduction, including a clearly defined thesis statement, is provided5

A historical timeline is provided that diagrams at least three predecessors to the emergent technology and includes an assessment on how these technologies influenced the development of the current technology25 (5 points for the timeline and 20 points for the analysis section)

An analysis of impact is provided detailing the technology’s influence on society considering the five required components 

50 (10 points for each required section)

An evaluation of the ethical considerations associated with the technology in relation to its impact on humanity is provided20

Concluding remarks that include predictions for the future of humanity given the technology’s emergence 

20

In-text references are used and a reference page is included5

A one-page peer evaluation analysis is provided, detailing

The suggestions of the collaboration

The editions added or subtracted

The reasoning behind the changes

15 (5 points for each section)

Visual aids, graphics, and statistical charts are effectively incorporated 

 5

Editing; spelling, punctuation, grammar, formatting, audible recording, sentence meaning unclear30

Total 190