Going into the conference I was a little unsure of what exactly I wanted to have my research paper be about. However, I knew that I wanted to look further into the idea of why dieting in our society has changed so much. I wanted to explain reasons why it has changed rather than just the fact that our foods have become worse for us.
My conference helped me get a better grasp on what it exactly it was that I would need to look into. We discussed the ways in which diets have changed because of the media and advertisements. This made my research paper more clear. I want to focus specifically on the ways that media often times gives teenagers mixed messages. I will narrow in on this topic by researching how media sends the message of how we should strive to be skinny and look like models, but it also tells us that we should eat foods that are bad for us. They do this by using different types of magazines, television shows and advertisements.
My target age for whom I would like to research will be teenagers from the ages of 14-17. We talked about how these ages would be good to research because it is typically the ages where teens are gaining more independence.
I think that the Conferences were a good idea for all of use to get a better understanding of what exactly our papers should be about. I think that you chose a good target age group to focus on because that an important age to start to begin creating good eating habits.
ReplyDelete