Blog 14: Elements of a Sample Abstract

Elements of the Sample Abstract

• Establish currency, importance, or relevance of the general issue

-       Some of the social networks out there are not as private or safe as you may think. There are ways of accessing things that you have posted in your profile by people you don't even know.

• Move towards specific, narrower case or example -- with a hint of why this is a good choice.

-    The social networks out there like facebook, MySpace, and twitter can be viewed by so many people you don't even know. You may think that your profile is private but I may not be.

• Orient reader towards the specific case; everything you wanted to know in 10 words.

-Megan Meier case killed herself over a boy that was made up.

• Names or lays out key elements of the topic for this study (leaves out others)

-  How mysterious online profiles can be. That you can pretty much make up anyone or be anyone.

• Articulates a key question

-What can be done to make online profiles less easy to create a real or fake profile?

• Preview the major steps towards answering the question.

-Some of the cases where someone was physically hurt by someone that was using a public profile and communicating with them.

-Making the online profiles longer so that people that are just making someone up won't want to take the time to fill it out.

-Find out how other people feel about this situation. People that have been affected by using online profiles and been hurt and people that just have an online profile and if they feel safe or think they are at risk for something like this to happen to them.

• This is the answer.

-To be safe when using these sites and what you post to them.

-To know who your friends are on these sites and not to just let some random person be able to access your account.

• Convey the importance or significance of what we've learned. (or what it leads to).

-That having an online profile can be a good thing but there are some things to look out for when using one of these sites.

-What precautions you should take when using these sites?