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Inquiry Proposal

Comment [AP1]: Best title? Also, this should be below your name and class information.

Robert Stroud 1-25-2014 Engl. 1102 Adam Padgett

Context
I would like to think that social media doesnt play that big of a role in my life; but sadly I dont think thats the case. I have most of the social media accounts that the people around my age tend to use. I have a Twitter, an Instagram, Snap-chat and I used to have a Facebook, but I deleted it because it was way to family orientated for my liking. As far as time spent on all of these different accounts goes, its definitely not as much as a lot of people my age, but its still more than I feel like I should be spending on them. On my Ttwitter account, I have nearly 7,000 tweets, thats a lot! Ive only had my account for two years, so if you think about it, thats a lot of time spent on Ttwitter daily. If you do the math, thats nearly ten tweets a day. Along with all the other time I spend on Instagram, snap-chat, and just doing random stuff on the internet throughout the day that ends up being a significant amount of time that I could better spend doing other things such as my school work. I dont know how my social media usage ever got as high as it is now, but I really do think its becoming a problem. I get on all of the social media
Comment [AP2]: So what is your usage? I get that you doing 10 tweets a day, but how much time does that amount to (in an approximation)?

accounts I have for no reason other than just because Im bored, or want to kill some time. I rarely ever log on because I have something valuable, or important to say; it is usually just pointless thoughts of mine that have no real importance. For example, I might randomly send a tweet reading Wow, I am starving someone should bring me some food, while all the while knowing no one is going to bring me any. It really is just useless things to say, but I still do it all the time.
Comment [AP4]: Buy why? We all do things for reasons; what is your reason? Comment [AP3]: Interesting.

Inquiry
Ive actually put quite a bit of thought into the inquiry section of this paper. Im usually quiet in class, because most of the class is people talking about how they spend a lot of time on social media, like what they do when theyre on it, and stuff of that nature; and I dont know, I just dont feel like I have anything of real importance to say. I dont use it to communicate with anyone really, I just use it as something to kill time. A few questions that I would like to investigate about social media are: Does social media play a significant role in developing social skills? What kind of role does social networking play on virtues? What I mean by that, is interpersonal virtues that evolve in face to face communication. When talking face to face, honesty, openness, and patience are shown throughout the conversation. I guess what Im asking is, will other virtues emerge as more important in social networking, because youre not actually having a face to face conversation with someone where youre forced to be 100% genuine and you cant really put up a front of who you are? Another question I might ask is, how might social media play a role in upcoming years? We all know social media is growing at an exponential rate, and everyone from little kids to now grandparents are joining the sites. How will social
Comment [AP6]: I think you could expand this conversation beyond the bounds of social skills, but about what kinds of virtues does social media espouse? Is it honesty, integrity, and intelligence? Or is it wit, stupidity, and outrageousness? Comment [AP5]: This is a really interesting question.

media affect the social world from news broadcasting, to political events as far as actually helping people? For instance, will social media be so advanced one day that I can literally send a tweet, or Instagram a single picture and make a massive economic contribution? Could social media cause big problems, or could it in fact be the problem solver?

NEXT STEPS:
I expect my research to take me to quite a few scholastic hypotheses about how social media has outstanding effects on several different issues. The answers, which I will be looking for throughout my research will be primarily about the second question Im asking. What kind of role does social networking play on virtues? With the amount of thought that I have currently given to my inquiry questions, I expect my hypothesis to be something along the lines of I believe social networking does play an effect on virtues, because through social media, you do not have to be 100% genuine about who you are. You arent talking to someone face to face, so you dont have to be honest, or nervous, or have any other type of emotion what so ever. When talking face to face, some people act shy, because theyre uncomfortable with a) their social skills, b) their body, or c) the person theyre talking too. With social media, people have no reason to be nervous about who they are, because they could just make a false persona like you see the people on the show catfish do all the time. The show catfish (in case you do not already know) is about a man named Nev who goes around to people with online relationships but are worried that the person may be catfishing them or in other words, not who they really claim to be. Nev does this for people, because he similarly to the people he is trying to help was catfished by someone whilst he was in an online relationship. In my future research paper, I plan

on doing a lot more research on catfish, and how social media really does falsify morals such as lying, and being genuine. Robert, These are all really interesting ideas here. I think investigating what kinds of virtues social media promotes is certainly interesting. I wonder if youll find some roadblocks while you conduct your research, but youll need to be open minded about how your topic may change or evolve as you find your information. You do a good job discussing you personal experience and connecting to your inquiry. I think youre off to a great start and I look forward to seeing how your topic develops from here.

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