Before you complete Research Blog #3, make sure you read the instructor feedback your received on your Mid-Blog reflection. Then, for this blog, choose one of the intended audiences that you identified at the end of your Mid-Blog reflection. I have given each of you feedback on the particular audience(s) you discussed and made additional suggestions when necessary.
After you choose a specific audience, you will need to find one additional source related to your research question that is especially relevant to this specific audience. Then, write a 200-300 word letter addressed to this audience. (Although you are actually posting this letter to our class discussion board, you should pretend as if you are giving the letter to the specific audience you’ve identified and write the letter accordingly. This means you can address the audience specifically and use second person pronouns such as “you.”)
In your letter, you should do the following:
Explain your current research question and why you see this question as important to this particular audience. What specifically about your research is valuable, significant, and/or impactful to this audience? How does/will your research impact some aspect of their lives? Here, you might discuss personal impact, professional impact, cultural impact, political impact, or something else.
Describe some of the research you’ve done so far and how this is helping you answer your research question. Here, you do not need to necessarily go over all of your research from Blogs 2 and 3. Instead, choose to focus on the particular idea(s) and source(s) that you think will be especially relevant to this particular audience.
Describe the new source you found for this audience specifically. What is the title and who is the author? Here, give a brief summary of what this source says and explain why you think this source might be especially interesting/relevant to the person/group who is reading your letter.
Explain to your audience where you plan to go next with your research. What ideas do you plan on exploring? What questions do you hope to answer? How will the next steps in your research help you to find answers/solutions to your research question?
Step 2: After you have posted your letter, respond to two classmates. Each response should be at least 150 words long and respond to one or more of the following questions:
Put yourself in the shoes of the specific audience they address in their letter. What questions might you have for them about their research? Are there any ideas/perspectives that you think they should consider? In what specific ways is this research topic/question relevant and significant? What suggestions might you have for them as they continue their research?