Daily Blog 1/12/18

Today in class we talked about the same 3 topics for the review.  
Those topics are Major speakers/ topics/ events, distill current state of conversation, and call for research.  
To go more in depth about these topics: 

Major speakers/topics/events:

Who is talking and what are they talking about?

Providing Context and carving out your path:

Using precision to Narrow Research Focus

(Psychology -> PTSD -> PTSD from Afghanistan)

PTSD treatment for veterans of Afghanistan

Distil (condense) current state of conversation:

What are these scholars saying to each other about your selected  topic/idea/question?

Key debates and other areas of contention?

What are researchers (today) trying to do/prove?

How are they doing it (research methods)?  

Call for research:

How does CINEMA contribute to this conversation?

Is research responding to (cinema choice) and/or is (cinema choice) responding to research?

Which

films/characters/ plot-points/ themes/ metaphors/ allegories/ episodes/ seasons will your paper investigate?

In class you would most likely had to revisit your articles that you chose for your topic. 
Helpful Hint: ASK QUESTIONS!!! Also bullet point your ideas but in the end your review should be a paragraph.  
Personally asking questions makes a world of difference.  It helped me so much to clarify what I needed to go for the review. 
For the review I am starting with answering the questions and then going to go from there. 
Questions I am starting to answer: 

• CONTENT/PURPOSE: What academic conversations are happening about your particular topic?
• AUDIENCE: Which scholars/texts have you chosen to be in conversation with?
• RESEARCH: What evidence and methods are these contributors providing?
• STYLE: What stylistic choices define the academic sources?
• ORGANIZATION: How are these texts organized?

In the real world you always have to ask questions to clarify what you have to do and there is nothing wrong with asking questions.