The Impact of Social Media on Political Participation and Engagement

P‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‍‍‍‌‌‌‌‍art 1 (Select a Topic & Articles):

1.Identify a topic of interest from your discipline area (Political Science,) and develop a research question. What is it? Write two-three sentences describing what topic you selected, what you specifically want to learn, and why it interests you.

2. Select two empirical, scholarly (peer-reviewed) articles that are closely aligned with your selected disciplinary and research interests. Students should choose articles published within the previous 5-7 years. Include the citations for each of the articles using the 7th edition of the American Psychological Association (APA) citation and format style. Students can access articles and journals using the Troy University Libraries Links to an external site. (https://my.troy.edu/libraries/ Links to an external site.). 

Helpful tutorials regarding the guidelines for APA references and citations can be found on Troy University’s LibGuides website Links to an external site. (https://troy.libguides.com/apa/handouts Links to an external site.). For assistance with the libraries systems, use the “Live Library Chat” function. If the chat is offline, emails sent to libhelp@troy.edu Links to an external site. will be responded to within 24 hours.

Part 2 (Article #1 – Critical Analysis):

 1. After effectively reading and taking time to reflect on the first article, provide an analysis of the article using at least 1000 words. Your analysis should be outlined to include the following three sections: Summary: Describe the idea(s) or research question(s) that inspired the study. What methods were utilized by the authors to 

examine the topic? What were the main findings and notable results? What implications do these results have for society, policy, and/or future research? Describe the most significant takeaway you got after reading the article. Critique: Explain the main strengths of the article. What did the authors do exceptionally well in describ‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‍‍‍‌‌‌‌‍ing or analyzing their findings? Discuss the main weaknesses of the article. What were the limitations of the methods used? What interpretations or conclusions did the authors make that you think could be in error, unjustified, or overstated? If you could re-do the study, what would you do differently? What lingering questions do you still have? Apply: How do the findings from the article relate to your selected topic (from Part 1)? How does this research help answer your research question? What unanswered questionsabout the topic remain? How could a future research study address these gaps in the literature?

Part 3 (Article #2 – Critical Analysis): 1. After effectively reading and taking time to reflect on the second article, provide an analysis of the article using at least 1000 words. Your analysis should be outlined to include the following three sections (same outline as in Part 2): Summary: Describe the idea(s) or research question(s) that inspired the study. What methods were utilized by the authors to examine the topic? What were the main findings and notable results? What implications do these results have for society, policy, and/or future research? Describe the most significant takeaway you got after reading the article. Critique: Explain the main strengths of the article. What did the authors do exceptionally well in describing or analyzing their findings? Discuss the main weaknesses of the article. What were the limitations of the methods used? What interpretations or conclusions did the authors make that you think could be in error, unjustified, or overstated? If you could re-do the study, what would you do differently? What lingering questions do you still have? Apply: How do the findings from the article relate to your selected topic (from Part 1)? How does this research help answer your research question? What unanswered questions about the topic remain?How could a future research study address these gaps in the ‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‍‍‍‌‌‌‌‍literature?

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