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What topics should be avoided?
Unless you can offer a remarkable fresh perspective on these too-common topics, it’s probably best to avoid them….Played Out Topics
- abortion.
- the death penalty.
- same-sex marriage.
- bullying.
- gun control.
- freedom of religion.
It is evident from the clusters that research on social media has dealt with a broad range of topics, including but not restricted to diffusion of information and opinions, spread of diseases (e.g., influenza), identification of social and emotional health concerns and attendant interventions to deal with them, social …
What are topics to talk about?
Topics to get to know someone
- Free time. What do you do in your free time?
- Music. What kind of music are you into?
- Movies. What type of movies do you like?
- Food. What’s your favorite food / ethnic food / restaurant / thing to cook / seasonal food?
- Books. Do you like reading books?
- TV. What shows do you watch?
- Travel.
- Hobbies.
What does it mean when a question is too broad?
“Too broad” means that the question asks for more than we can reasonably provide. A textbook answer, or answers to multiple, discrete questions. I really like jmac’s summary of these questions: If the asker identifies where they want to start, and where they want to end, but there are way too many pieces to fill in, then it is Too Broad:
Is the research question too broad or too narrow?
Question A is too broad once you get into the research. Because deregulation may have had impact on safety, costs, passenger fees, ability to comply with government regulations, and many other areas of the airline industry, there are too many facets of the question to deal with in depth in one research paper.
How to broaden a topic that is too narrow?
Instead of writing about the depiction of time travel in all of popular culture, you can write just about one TV show. To broaden a topic is too narrow, use this strategy in the reverse. Try to come up with broader categories into which your topic fits, and then choose one of those categories as your topic.
Which is an example of a broad topic?
For example, if your broad topic is the depiction of time travel in popular culture, you could ask yourself who a notable person related to this topic is. Your answer might be the fictional character of The Doctor, from the TV show Doctor Who. This gives you a narrower focus for your topic.