Research Proposal

ENG 1001, Dr Murdock

Research Proposal Assignment: What Is Your Focus?

Your research question

How does music affect people

A working title for your project

Musically Inclined

A summary of your project. Identify your topic and describe what you will be looking at in terms of the topic. Include some key terms and additional questions that will guide your research.

I would like to identify 4 major uses for music and then go between different genres and see if there is a correlation between the uses and genres. I would like to know if a genre has more positive effects over another genre or if it is generally the same. I will conduct some interviews with people to see how they use music and what genre they tend to listen to. I would ask a series of questions along the line of “what is the main reason you listen to music?” “How do you feel after or during it?” and so on. I would like to see if I come up with similar results compared to the sources I use to determine if I have a good sample size.

A description of your purpose for working on this project. Why did you choose this topic? What do you hope to learn from this project?

I chose this topic because music is a strong rhetoric medium that I haven’t explored to much. I’ve heard that music also has many uses and can be dangerous in certain situations. I hope to learn the importance of music and how it is used.

A discussion of the key challenges you will face or you imagine you will face. What concerns do you have regarding the research/project?

I imagine the major challenge I will face is determining if genre of Music plays a major role in function or not. I’m also apprehensive about the primary information gathering because I can’t know for sure how accurate the answers I receive will be.