Topic Ideas

The annotated bibliography will be due next week and you will need to select a topic in order to complete this assignment. Thinking of a topic can be difficult when you have no specific limits, so I have included a list of possible topic ideas below. Of course you don't have to choose one of these and they are all broader areas that would need to be narrowed, refined, and focused on a problematic issue. However, they are here to help get you started on choosing your topic. 

• Identity theft
• Genetically modified food
• Online voting
• Canadian or Mexican prescriptions ordered online
• Insider trading
• Televised trials
• National identification cards
• Standardized tests
• Farm subsidies
• Minimum wage
• Insanity plea
• Investigative journalism (does it create stories that aren't there?)
• Facebook and other online social media's impact on face to face interactions
• Bilingual education

Additionally, below are some questions to ask yourself when brainstorming for your own topic:

• What do I already know something about?
• What would I like to explore more fully?
• What subjects do I care about?
• What would I like to become an expert on?
• What subjects evoke a strong reaction from me?

If you would like to get feedback on a possible topic, don't hesitate to email me or visit me in my office hours to discuss your ideas.