Observation 5

My research is going pretty good, I have come across a couple different sources already. As for "visual mapping", I have tried to draw out what areas I would like to research. After figuring out what I want to research I try and relate them back to my hypothesis and how I intend on supporting my research topics. Everything I research needs supports and needs to help me support my hypothesis unless everything I find goes completely against is. Overall, brainstorming how I intend to research and lay out this paper is helping me get everything in line so that I can begin my rough draft.

Observation 5

Mt research so far has been sufficient enough to give me a basis for my topic and my thesis on which I will base my paper on. My topic has strayed from my initial idea to a more detailed one as I performed more research and mapped out which arguments I would like to highlight. Once I mapped out the topics I would like to cover in my paper I was able to do further research involving the psychological aspect of superheros and their impact on the society, and more importantly children. My topic has evolved, but needs further research in order to create a strong argument for my case. Overall, I would say my research topic is on the right track, but needs to be narrowed down to a few topics so that I can focus on them and go into detail.

Observation 5

So far, I feel that my research is going alright. I have looked into the recent Above the Influence campaign and their strategies of advertising, but have not really looked into any other recent anti-drug campaigns. Now I feel that I need to spend time researching older anti-drug campaign advertisements and their strategies. I have not done any research on the past campaigns and I feel like I am behind in that aspect of the paper so far. I plan on going to the library to find articles and/or ads, such as in magazines, that deal with past and present anti-drug campaigns and their advertisements.

I liked the mind mapping activity because it helped me to organize my ideas and come up with new "branches" that I could add to my research.

Observation 5

As my vigorous research proceeds, I have come to the conclusion that my topic was a sensational choice. My research question has been through many alterations but is finally flawless. It is as follows: What techniques does PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) use to campaign against animal experimentation? I have used www.peta.org for much of my research. I have also used the media to investigate their portrayal of animal testing. Much of the media and some journal articles make PETA have the resemblance of a terrorist group. However, some side with my perspective that animal testing is unethical. My research has a great deal to proceed and an exasperating amount to ascend. However, I believe that with much more work my research will prosper and my paper will be very factual, informative, and lastly persuasive. 

Observation 5

I think that my research is going well so far. I feel like I need to start doing a lot more research and start working on the paper more because I have not done as much research as I would like. I have looked at PETA's website and their campaign for vegetarianism but now I need to begin to watch all of the videos and find the rhetorical appeals in them. I also need to find a credible source that goes against PETA and against vegetarianism so that I can compare and contrast the pro-vegetarianism and the anti-vegetarianism. I liked the visual mapping process and feel that it helped me organize my ideas and also expand on the ideas that I already had and add more ideas.

Observation 5

I feel that the research is going well. I have looked up some basic information on the principles of communism and capitalism and have watched some episodes of the cartoon and have applied those principles to my own personal observations. I feel that now I need to do some background research on the history of this cartoon as well as do further reseach on capitalism and communism. I plan to go to the library to find academic articles as well as further analize the cartoon to find specific examples of how visual rhetoric is presented.
I liked the visual mapping program that we used for this project. It helped me visualize my thoughts and expand on them. It was also useful in that it helped me think of new ideas and different directions that I could take my paper.

Examples for B1 and C1

http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~Syverson/olr/exemplars/B.html

http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~Syverson/olr/exemplars/C.html