Establish currency, importance, or relevance of the general issue - This is important because it is relevant. News is all around us- but it is important to question the validity and to challenge its motives.
There is a new media emerging in today's society often refered to as citizen media. It appears to be a reaction to the political, social, and/or economic arena.
Move towards specific, narrower case or example -- with a hint of why this is a good choice. This is a way in which citizens can participate and remain active in their society. By posing questions in a public forum (ie. the internet) citizens are able to communicate their ideas via written expressions.
Orient reader towards the specific case; everything you wanted to know in 10 words. This paper begins to uncover the impact citizen media has on society- particularly in the political spectrum.
Names or lays out key elements of the topic for this study (leaves out others) This entails citizens competing with the conventional media- who is winning? This includes the practicing of a fundamental right of every citizen.
Articulates a key question Does this neo media have an impact on
Preview the major steps towards answering the question. It takes a look into the political arena, explores the outcomes- positive and negative- and questions the credibility of the citizen media.
This is the answer. There is no right answer- it is an opinion. It reveals the truth- both good and bad. It investigates the cases of corruption of the government, and previews possible soultions to minimize future scandals by encouraginfg citizens to participate in politics, and become well- informed by reading, and listening to networks, and to be able to determine its validity.
Convey the importance or significance of what we've learned. (or what it leads to). This is important because it pertains to every citizen, it exposes the corruption of the government, and it challenges the broadcast media.
I think that this is a really cool topic.I like how it shows how we can get involved. The information sounds good and i'm interested to see what there is out there about media. I feel that this is a good step in the right direction for creating a great abstract and paper. My only comment is to make sure you stay focused. It seems like this topic could pull you off into a lot of different directions. Overall very cool.