The following assignment requires you to apply your sociological imagination and understanding of the research process in Sociology. The essay need to be between 2-3 pages, double spacing, 12-point Font, and Times New Roman Style. Imagining then you are a Sociologist and applying the steps in the research process, discuss how you would address the topic: Media/Social Media Dynamic, novel, impactful, and controversial, social media has become a primary source of social interaction, far removed from the original intention of each social media outlet. In this assignment, your task is to do the following:
1. Define the problem: Social Media. What is the problem with social media? You need to identify issues that social media might cause or affect society in general and social interaction specifically
2. Literature Review: Having identify what the questions you wish to further explore, you will need to find THREE news articles that address the issue you wish to explore more in depth (that may prove your hypothesis)
3. Hypothesis: you will need to create ONE speculative statement (an educated guess) as to the relationship between two variables
4. Methods: depending on the questions asked, you will now need identify and discuss which methodological approaches would best allow you to obtained the data necessary to support your claim. Be sure to explain why this is the most appropriate method
5. Conclusion/Reporting of what you find: in this last paragraph, all you need to do is to address is what you have uncovered, what you have learned about what you set out to explore.

Insofar as citation is concerned, please follow the following citation:
Newspaper Article: Available in Print & Online
Format: Author Last, First. Year of Publication. “Title.” Newspaper Name, Month Day
of Publication, p. or pp. inclusive page numbers.

[Note on Pagination: Page numbers are not required for articles published in an
online version of a printed newspaper. If newspapers are paginated consecutively
from front to back, the page number alone is sufficient. If the newspaper is paginated in sections, the section letter and page number should both be included in the citation. If a newspaper article begins on one page and ends on another page, both pages should be listed separated by commas (i.e., pp. A2, A12).

Sample Citation/Reference Page:
Lewin, Tamar. 2005. “SAT Essay Scores are in, but will they be used?” The New York Times, May 15, p. A22

In-Text Citation Guidelines

If the author’s name is mentioned in the text, use a parenthetical reference to show the year of publication at the end of the sentence.

Example:…Welch contends that this is not the case (1991:136).

If the author’s name is not mentioned in the text, it should be included along
with the year of publication within parentheses.

Example:…but it has been argued that this was not the case (Welch 1991
:136).

When quoting or citing a specific part of a text, page numbers should be included within parentheses after the year of publication. These are separated by a colon and no spaces. Example:…but it has been argued that this was not the case (Welch 1991:136)

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