Popular culture project/Concept draft

Concept Draft / Proposal – Popular Culture Project

1. Research Question

1. Why did you choose this question?

2. Do you think your question passes the “So What?” test and why?

3. Who might benefit from your research in the real world?

i. Example: Why are pop groups so successful in South Korea but tend to fall apart in the US? This research might help someone in the music industry who is trying to introduce a new group into the U.S.

4. What sources might you use to try to answer your research question?

5. Without doing any research what do you think are the answers to your research

question?

2. Thesis

3. Half to 1 page write up on what you want to prove with your paper. You can explain it to me in words using informal language if you like. Imagine that you were having a conversation with me and I asked “What do you want to do with your paper?” How would you respond?