The Impact of Advertising and Media Environment on Children

Each student will develop a research proposal that will be the basis for the final group research project.
It will form the basis for an oral research ‘Pitch’ that will be delivered to the lecture class, and if chosen by a group of 4-5 students will be developed into the basis for the final paper for the group as their group applied communications-related research project.
The individual research proposal paper should be approximately 5-8  pages long, double-spaced and typed, formatted using APA, and must include a bibliography.  
The component parts will include: 
1. Literature Review (1-2 pp)
• Appropriateness and adequacy to providing context to the research project being proposed
• Thesis statement / purpose / voice of author
• Thematization of literature / organization
• Critique of literature
• Selection of high-quality literature
2. Theoretical Framework (1-2 pp)
• Fullness and depth
• Appropriateness and adequacy to generating hypotheses and/or insight relating to the research question(s)
3. Research Question(s) (1-2pp)
• Fullness and Appropriateness
• Originality
• Significance, and expected contribution to knowledge
4. Research Method(s) (2 pp)
• Appropriateness and adequacy to answering research question(s)
• Fullness and depth
• Clearly explained
• Feasibility
Evaluation Student:       Inc. Poor Fair Good Exclt
Lit Review’s appropriateness and adequacy to providing context to the research project being proposed
Theoretical framework generates hypotheses and/or insight relating to the research question(s)
    Research questions are appropriate to the topic, and demonstrate a fullness of thought, originality and significance.
Research methods are useful in answering the questions and provide dull, clear and feasible approaches.
Appropriate Bibliography or References with at least six significant sources.
Comments:

Each student will develop a research proposal that will be the basis for the final group research project.

It will form the basis for an oral research ‘Pitch’ that will be delivered to the lecture class, and if chosen by a group of 4-5 students will be developed into the basis for the final paper for the group as their group applied communications-related research project.
The individual research proposal paper should be approximately 5-8  pages long, double-spaced and typed, formatted using APA, and must include a bibliography.  
The component parts will include: 
1. Literature Review (1-2 pp)
• Appropriateness and adequacy to providing context to the research project being proposed
• Thesis statement / purpose / voice of author
• Thematization of literature / organization
• Critique of literature
• Selection of high-quality literature
2. Theoretical Framework (1-2 pp)
• Fullness and depth
• Appropriateness and adequacy to generating hypotheses and/or insight relating to the research question(s)
3. Research Question(s) (1-2pp)
• Fullness and Appropriateness
• Originality
• Significance, and expected contribution to knowledge
4. Research Method(s) (2 pp)
• Appropriateness and adequacy to answering research question(s)
• Fullness and depth
• Clearly explained
• Feasibility
Evaluation Student:       Inc. Poor Fair Good Exclt
Lit Review’s appropriateness and adequacy to providing context to the research project being proposed
 Theoretical framework generates hypotheses and/or insight relating to the research question(s)
    Research questions are appropriate to the topic, and demonstrate a fullness of thought, originality and significance.
Research methods are useful in answering the questions and provide dull, clear and feasible approaches.
Appropriate Bibliography or References with at least six significant sources.
Comments: