The hardest part about my research so far has been really finding the right sources and making the explicit questions between the sources and my premises. But talking with Mrs. Haag and going through the outline really helped alleviate a lot of the fear and stress. So, right now the biggest fear I have is about my research method.
This is a little too early, and that this is reserved for the methods, but I have no clue on how I will go about and conduct my research project. I know that I will be comparing both dubbed and subbed shows, but I do not really know how I can take the human error out of the research process. I will be looking for themes, yet I am still uncertain on how I will systematically define these themes, and distinguish between them when watching the anime shows. I really need to dig deep to find sources that can both identify these themes and define them. Then I will need to create a really objective and systematic approach to finding these themes in the anime, so I can present the least biased and easily repeatable results to my reader.
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Now to what I feel completely confident about. There is not a lot to be completely confident about, since this is still relatively early in the research process. What I am most excited and happy about this research project about is that it is a project that I am really enjoying and I just love this topic. Also, I am confident about some parts of my literature review. I did a lot of research on the anime industry in America and the American anime fan. That part of my literature review has a lot of interaction between different sources, and I believe that it is the most refined and strongest part of my literature review.
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Gursajan, so I think you have more to be confident about than you realize. Not only do you have a topic you love, but you've done an incredible amount of reading and analysis that has propelled you into the academic conversation. I think you're well equipped to write the literature review.
ReplyDeleteAs far as your methods, I know that's scary. Really, it's the one thing that you don't have any experience in, so I understand your fears. However, the entire second trimester is dedicated to researching and designing your methods, so we will get there. I promise.
Gursajino!!! Bro, Mrs. Haag has a point. You are amazing and I just know that your project will be as amazing -- you're the man. You know this stuff so you'll fo sho do well.
ReplyDeleteConsidering incorporating culture, I think that you can just insert the word "culture" in your question to let the reader know what you're dealing with. Then you can justify and describe what aspects of culture you are evaluating.
I understand where you're coming from when you talk about your methods. To be honest, I don't really know for sure what I'm going to do either. But do not fret, there's no way that you won't figure it out. You may hit a few dead ends but I know you'll pull through -- you always do.