THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL IMPACT OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND SOCIAL MEDIA

The last paper for your class is a research argument on a topic of your choice, BUT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL IMPACT OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND SOCIAL MEDIA. Through research, you need to build a case study that allows you to focus your paper on a clear and relevant issue and formulate a question that you will then answer in 5 to 6 pages essay.
This essay needs to incorporate at least three of the following rhetorical strategies: personal narrative, evaluation of others’ viewpoints and reasoning, causal argument, refutation or partial concession potential objections/naysayers,definition argument,questioning the assumption/warrant of other argument, historical analysis.

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Structuralist: Social Networks or Post-Material Politics

Paper instructions:

Reading from the section on Structuralist: Social Networks or Post-Material Politics: Values and Beliefs and complete each of the sections below. When citing the source, you should consult the links to the APSA style provided on the class website under the Assignment link.

http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/govt467667/files/2010/10/p-and-c-ch-1.pdf

Article/Book Chapter Citation (APSA):

Core Argument/Thesis:

Literature Review (Identify the major works, and the arguments of each cited by the author(s)):

Research Design: (What method or research design does the author(s) develop as a way of testing their argument?)

Data: (What data and from which sources do the author(s) analyze?)

Conclusion: (How does the author(s) structure their conclusion?)