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Finding a Good Idea
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Finding a Good Idea
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Registration & Credits Finding a Good Idea Selecting an Adviser Methods of Study Organizing a Thesis |
The idea is a key step. You should make sure your
idea is really interesting to you -- and perhaps even pointed to your dream
job. You’ll be working on this project for a long time. Make sure you enjoy
it and that it will be useful.
The topics are wide open. In a Deparment of Journalism & Communication, you can do anything in mass communication: online journalism, movies, music, magazines, public relations, advertising, news, science writing and almost any other media-related subject. Not sure what to study? Look through back issues of the many academic journals in our Reading Room. What articles attract your attention? Most likely, what you want to read about is what you want to write about. With any thesis, the biggest challenge is then taking a good large topic, like online journalism or war reporting or public relations campaigns, and finding a small, concrete way to study it over the semester. What has been the most successful online journalism site and why? Who is the top war correspondent? What has been one of the more successful public relations campaigns of the past year? You should love your idea and want to talk about it. And write about it. Within the first ten days of the semester, you should write or email your adviser with a one-page proposal of your idea. |