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So there are a few questions I've run into since starting my project. As I'm writing my literature review I've found I'm getting more and more confused about what exactly I want it to say. As it's done now, I focused on research which examines the media's effects on body image. My project will be an analysis of Cosmopolitan Magazine's cover pages for 2010. Should I be trying to find research on that specifically? I haven't run across anything similar, but there are probably studies out there.... Also, are our papers supposed to detail all of our methodologies and reasonings? Do we write these papers as if you would an empirical research study? Or do we just talk about what we found? The other question I have is, does the research that we use in the body of our papers need to be addressed in the lit review? Do the sources used in the lit review need to brought up again in the body of our papers?
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Hi Em. Well you've got an interesting topic for your lit. review. I would write your paper as just reviewing the literature you've found that is relevant to your topic.
ReplyDeleteThen you could pull out examples to highlight what you're writing about and summarizing. If you are going to analyze Cosmopolitan Magazine's cover pages, for 2010, you may want to select 4 or 5 covers (pick a number), and then discuss how those covers promote the Cosmo brand (after you tell us what Cosmo is promoting, and who the audience the magazine is for). You can also bring in some other fashion magazines that directly contrast with Cosmo if you choose a compare/contrast framework for your lit. review. Otherwise, if you just want to inform us about Cosmo, then that is what you should focus on doing, by breaking down the elements of the cover; who is the audience, what is the text on the cover about, what themes or messages do the covers promote/sell? I think once you have your paper's framework/outline then it will be easy to write the paper.