Gun Control

This assignment is very broad, and my primary desire is that you find a topic related to public opinion and the course material that really interests you, that you want to find out about.  This is a research paper. Consequently, for topics discussed in class (e.g., the development of political reasoning in children) you are expected to go beyond repeating material covered in class. That means finding additional studies and presenting some new ideas/observations that were not discussed in class. All papers must include the following: (1) Relevant published research studies (8-10 papers) located (through library research, from PsychLit (CD-ROM), or from the Internet). This means scholarly studies in peer-reviewed journals, not Time magazine, or just someone’s opinions on their web page. (2) Your own ideas discussing and evaluating the research you have located. (3) Integration of research you have found with the ideas, research, theories from the course. (4) Public Opinion data from IRSS or Lexis-Nexis databases. (5) A complete bibliography of the sources you cite. (APA). You just need to make sure that you have enough information provided so that I can find every sources that you reference. Must include a bibliography with your paper. The effect of negative advertising in political campaigns The polling industry and its relationship to campaigns and governing Public cynicism and alienation in current American politics RESEARCH PAPER EXPECTATIONS 1) You must reference ideas that are not your own, and you must put quotation marks around words that are not your own. a) Quotations: Reference all ideas in the text of quotation or paraphrase (direct quotations longer than three lines should be indented and single-spaced & include p.#). References: Complete information so someone else could find the book or article, for example: in the text (Milburn, 1978), with in the references: Milburn, M.A. (1978). Sources of bias in the prediction of future events. Journal of Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 21, 17- 26. 2) Use a word-processor with a spell-checker. Take the time to learn this skill if you don’t have it already. Computers are provided free for you to use. 3)Spelling: perceive affect use of apostrophes receive effect -possessive (sing. & plural) -contractions “a lot” is two words”data” and “media” are plural 4) Misc: Underline titles of books, magazines, and newspapers 5)Avoid sexist language: inappropriate appropriate man people he he/she, they, s/he