To complete this discussion, first review your upcoming research essay assignment. Once you’ve done that, come back to this discussion and continue.

Why are you majoring in whatever you’re majoring in? What interests your about this field of study and why and how did you come to it? What questions remain unanswered about your field, future profession, or career? What is your story as relates to your major/field of study? Maybe an early event in your life shaped where you’ve come to now. Maybe several moments. Perhaps an important person in your life influenced you, or an experience, event, or memory. Whatever brought you to teaching, psychology, arts, nursing, biology, math, criminal justice, or any other major I’ve left out, a reason exists for that choice. And that reason is unique to you! Along this line of thought, collect your thoughts to think a bit more.

• Ask yourself what YOUR interest bring to your major/field of study
• What questions about your major/field of study remain unanswered or of interest to you?
• What questions might be unique to YOUR interest in your major/field?

This unit’s research essay (and this proposal) ask that you answer a few questions that might provide personal, entertaining, meaningful or reflective responses.

For this discussion, simply answer the following, writing at least 150 words:

• What questions exist to ask and learn from, personally, from research a topic in my field?
• Write about yourself, your field, and the topic you’ve chosen, or the topics that you’re considering. Eventually your research essay will need to do the same, more formally with sources.
• Remember that your essay will be argumentative, so do not ask questions with yes or no, or straightforward, fact-based answers. Facts, statistics, and research will help you, but just because information exists, does not mean that every source will present it the same way, nor will all sources point to one, definitive answer.

I encourage you to use experiences from you life, as well as examples or cited materials from this week’s readings and videos to support your responses if appropriate. Do not use outside sources for this discussion and proposal.

Hint: Be sure to check out the rubric! Not sure how to find the rubric? Click on the three dots in the upper right corner and then click on rubric. We’ve asked Canvas to change this to make it easier to find, by the way. Hopefully it will change soon!

After completing this Discussion, you will have worked toward accomplishing the following Module Level learning objectives:

• Recognize main components of Guided Research Essay

Students will use the topics covered in class as a starting point to do their own extended research into an artist of their choosing. Papers should be between 5 and 7 pages and should be formatted in an appropriate MLA format. In this paper, students will cover 3 main areas outlined below: Artist History, Defining Album, and Defining Song. Throughout the paper, students must relate the artist to the 5 main themes of popular music

Listening Critically – covered by an in-depth listen and explanation of a song
Music Business – what impact did they have on the industry did the industry affect them
Music Technology – did this artist adopt or make use of new technology
Music and Identity – who are the people who identify with this music or was their music used as a symbol of anything
Centers and Peripheries – Where does their music fit in-terms of popular taste.

Artist History (minimum 2 pages)
Write a short, focused, biography of your chosen artist. At the very least you must include:

• Origins of the band, how they got together, previous iterations, ect
• OR
• information on the upbringing of the artist that may have effected their music.
• Information about their first break into the market, including placements on the top 40 (or any equivalent popularity chart) and any previous failures.
• Touch on important albums as they relate to the progress of their career (feel free to mention their defining album, but save heavy info for that section)
• Important career points (famous (infamous) concerts, signing to labels, changing labels) controversy, shuffling of members.
• Points about their musical style including any stylistic changes and why they may have taken a new direction. (details are required for any stylistic periods they go through)Along with these points, you MUST include anyone or anything your chosen artist cited as an influence, and any artists in the future who cited your chosen artist as their influence (who influenced your artist, and who did your artist influence)Your chosen artist MUST make an appearance in our text book.

Defining Album (Minimum 2 pages)
Choose one of your artist’s albums. This album should be one that is a great demonstration of the artist’s sound, style, and attitude. Think of it as a way of showing someone who had never heard this artist before what they truly sound like. This must be a standard studio album and may not be a compilation album, greatest hits album, or live album. In this section you should detail the following:

• When was this album made? (actual time, and in the context of the history of the artist)
• Who are the personnel on this album? (band, producers, arrangers, backing group ifany)
• Why was this album made? (are there any interesting facts behind the decision to makethis album)
• Where was this album made? (all in one place? Multiple locations at multiple times?)
• What does the album consist of in terms of songs and styles? (how many songs,anything interesting about the order, what’s the style of the songs, are there contrastsin style? Does it change the style at all from previous releases from this artist?)
• How did this album effect the market? (placement on charts, did it influence anythingafter it.)
  If your artist recorded before the time of full albums, you may elect to cover a posthumous compilation album, or a second Defining Song.Defining Song (minimum 1 page)
  Choose one song to analyze. The Analysis should cover lyrical content, arrangement, and other interesting aspects. This song does not necessarily have to be a song on the album you chose. Be sure to include which version of the song you are referencing, some artists recorded the same song with different arrangements. Your paper should include the following:

• Where did this song come from and when was it recorded?o Was it a part of an album? Was it a single?
• What is this song about?
  o Look at the lyrics and explain the meaning of the song, are there any metaphors?
• What instruments are on this recording?
  o Is there anything significant about the use of these instruments?
• What form is this song in?
  o Is it one of the forms discussed in class? Is there anything significant about it?
• Is there anything significant about the chord progression?
  o Is it standard, does it sound like everything else? Is it a bit different?
• Is this song in any way a copy or “rip-off” of something that came before it?
• How did this song effect the market? Where did it place on the charts? Did it influence anything after it?

Your paper must be thoroughly researched using legitimate resources. You must have a minimum of 4 sources

Research paper on Cyber security.

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

—A question that, if successfully answered, would potentially solve your stated organizational problem

—Research question is essentially a restatement of your problem statement in the form of a question

—However, the nature of the question provides valuable additional information regarding the specific focus of your research relative to the stated problem

—Research question

—Must be clearly related to the problem statement

—Must be structured such that it clearly summarizes the focus of your research effort

—Research questions typically fall into one of several general categories of inquiry:

—Does the problem actually exist?

—What is causing the problem?

—What are the consequences arising from the existence of the problem?

—How can we potentially solve the problem or mitigate the consequences of the problem?

—How would we potentially benefit from solving the problem or be harmed by not solving the problem?

Your assignment, after reading both the play and the corresponding pages in Garber, is to write a thoughtful analysis of the Garber text including both her major points/thesis and your own critical response to both texts. It is an important and necessary critical skill to articulate your thoughts in a concise paper. You will probably need to write the paper and then go back to edit out extraneous details and verbiage. What you should have left is a lively and excellent analysis/discussion of the play and the Garber text. It will be a challenge, but a most worthwhile one.

Be sure to identify her thesis, major lines of argument and how she supports those arguments. This is not a “review” — you are only taking apart her chapter to better understand it and the play. You are free to agree or disagree with her points, but be sure you can support either. Do not address whether you like the chapter or not. The point of the assignment is for you to analyze her arguments to better understand the plays. Your finished paper will be 2-3 pages in length, and be sure to complete a MLA Works Cited entry for Garber’s text as you will be quoting from it in your paper as well as the play if you choose to quote from it as well.