English

McWhorter 2

Darrell McWhorter

English Comp II

Mrs, Montgomery

September 10, 2013

Narrow Topic, Research Questions, Tentative Thesis, and Search Strategy

Topic: Television Impacts

Narrowed Topic: Television Impacts on America’s families

More Restricted Topic: Television Impacts on America’s Families Social Lives

Most Restricted: Impacts of Television on America’s Social-Cultural Lives

Thesis:

Due to its constant presence in American’s lives, television due to its entertaining, fast-moving, and visually interesting style, commands many American’s attention for a substantial period of time acting as a mode of competition against other methods of human interaction, thus, producing substantial impact on the social and cultural composition of the society.

Research Questions:

1. Is the television a source of distraction to most American’s lives?

2. Does the television surpass other modes of human interaction?

3. Did the invention of the television influence the way American’s think?

4. How has the television affected social issues in the society?

5. Through its influence on the society, does the television affect other sectors including the political process?

6. How has the television contributed towards spreading of the American culture?

7. How did the television contribute towards the spread or reduction of racism in America?

8. In what ways did the television affect the division of the American population into groups?

Search Strategy

Given that the research topic is narrowed, and the research questions been broken down into simple sentence structures, I will use the random means of finding the sources of data. Each of the sources will be searched by ensuring that its title is in congruence with the specific research question under consideration. Some of the texts to be used as sources of information include the list described by the details in the “Works cited” section below.

Since the history of the television dates back to centuries, it will be essential to search for sources of information that provide first hand information. Such sources would include journal articles such as . In addition, memoirs by historical icons in the American history may be consulted. General information sources will be searched from the internet as well as from social, political, and cultural libraries and data centers. Reliable information may be sourced from state department literature including Herr (2007).

Works Cited

Herr, Norman. Television and Health . 2007. 10 September 2013 <<http://www.dhss.mo.gov/obesity/obesityburden.html&gt;>.