Wednesday, October 26, 2011

SWA #18: Topics

Topic 1: Facebook and other social networking sites versus the intelligence, attention, and potential of younger generations and how they perceive themselves.

It was quite easy on Google Scholar to find at least three good articles I could use. Most of them are opinionated articles, but they have scholarly evidence and explore different claims and ideas and opinions, such as narcissism and image of these younger generations, as well as how certain habits are impeding their social and intellectual growth.

Topic 2: What our children are eating, in America and other overdeveloped countries. How cafeteria food has changed for the worse and who has the right to change it for the better.

I already have at least one non-scholarly source for this, Jamie Olliver's show, which has some great demonstrations and points I could use to argue how awful children's food around the world is. This one would require a bit more research I think, but it would still be relatively interesting and easy to write on.

Topic 3: Climate change and global warming: Is it real? Is it a rick to our health and our children? Can we really help stop it?

I definitely think this would be an interesting topic to write on, but ti would require more scientific research, such as looking at weather and different conditions and trends around the world. There are a huge number of articles on this topic both on google scholar and the USC library database, and I'm sure most would be helpful, especially for exploring different viewpoints for the exploratory paper. Otherwise, I think it might be difficult for me to pick a side to argue for the policy/proposal paper.

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