Topic Selection and Proposal
SAMPLE
This week, you will select your topic of research for the Course Project. You will need to define the chosen topic, provide a brief description of the emergent technology, and provide a plan to help you move forward with your research and organization processes. Use the template below to produce your Team Topic Selection and Proposal. Each team member must submit a copy of the Topic Selection and Team Proposal this week.
This assignment is worth 50 points.
Step 1: Identify your team and team members
Step 2: Identity your topic.
· Provide a paragraph length topic description.
Step 3: Outline major ethical concerns.
· What are the key ethical concerns circulating your topics?
· What is the relationship between your selected technology and ethics?
· Generate a list of at least three ethical questions.
Miss using of sharing information on SNS (social network sites), it is not only necessary to consider the privacy of one's personal information, but the privacy of the information of others who may be tied to the information being shared.
Not following up when sharing information on SNS, it is the responsibility of the one desiring to share information to verify the accuracy of the information before sharing it.
Not letting the person know you are recording, taking pictures, and or sharing information about their personal life or information.
The relationship between cellphone for health and ethics is determined by the user’s dedication to health management. If there is no dedication, then the program is wasted storage space on the cellular device.
Step 4: Identify a potential argument.
· Propose a preliminary thesis statement that makes a value judgment about your selected technology.
The purpose of this project is from a positive perspective. Although some may oppose, cellphone technology positively effects the day to day behavior, health and relationship lifestyle.
Step 5: Identify potential subtopics for investigation.
· List potential subsections or subtopics that will help explore your technology and the ethical concerns it engages.
Health
Behavior
Relationships
· Provide brief descriptions of potential subtopics.
Dealing with behavior when it comes to cell phone technology, we will talk about trends on social media that affect people lives. Positive things as far as awareness social media brings to people using it and how fashion come from it as well. Also, will discuss the business ventures that comes from it.
Health wise, we are concerned with everything from how many steps we take to how many calories we burn and consume within a day.
Relationships are taking a hit due to cell phone technology. Relationships are having intimacy, distractions, and depression issues in modern day relationships. With the bad comes good with cell phone technology, it helps keep relationships closer over time and distance.
Step 6: Divide responsibilities.
· Identify which team member will be working on each subtopic for the project.
Richard Ntifo will be covering health
Erick Williams will be covering relationships
Casey Alexander will be covering behavior
Step 7: Reflect on your role.
· Individual Reflection: This section should be developed individually for each team member as part of his or her individual submissions.
· What will your role be?
My role will be to discuss relationship pros and cons cellphone technology plays in modern day relationships.
· What is your topic?
The overall topic is the impact of cellphone technology on our modern-day relationships. My sub-topic or presentation section will be on the intimacy, distance, and distractions of cellphone technology.
· How does your topic relate to your proposed thesis statement?
My topic relates to the proposed thesis statement because people use their cellphones to communicate with love at a distance, it also provides problems with relationships because people pay more attention to their cell phones than their partners.
· What is your research plan for moving forward?
My research plan is to review different relationship issues people are having because of cell phone technology, ask two to four married couples to get feedback from how it impacts their relationship.