For my final paper, I am going to write about Identitiy Tourism and how it transfurs over to gaming, along with various chat sites in general.
After reading, doing research on Identity tourism I realized what a big deal it was, and how dangerous it is, and how it has ruined the lives of so many people already. I want to do more research and learn more of all the pros and cons that have to do with males and females acting like a different person, trying to decieve people and why they do it.
I also want to learn more about typically males and why certain writers have written about males trying to fulfil their cross dressing fantasies by playing a female character. I was shocked when I read this earlier in the semester and couldn't believe it, so now I am going to do more research and try to figure out if there really are a bunch of males who participate in these obsurd actions.
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The general idea of identity tourism and gaming is a good start, but there are some issues with what you have (and then no argument, but we'll get to that). First, identity tourism is not an inherently bad thing. Nor is it an inherently good thing. And, you can't argue that it is or it isn't one or the other -- those are subjective binaries. So, "identity tourism is bad" will not fly. Similarly, going down the path of why people deceive others, well, that's a lifetime of research that takes you well outside of this class. I would also suggest that if you are judging something as absurd or bad already, then research to find out more about it will be tainted by your preconceived notion of what it is you're looking for. The same would be true if someone already thought it was the most awesome thing in the world.
ReplyDeleteSo, back to identity tourism and gaming. If that is where you want to start, then you need to focus narrowly on specific examples and the argument that comes out of those examples. Beyond that, I can only offer these reminders at this point:
I don't see what exactly you are going to argue or what the connection is to the digital divide based on what you've written here. Your argument can't just be "here's some stuff people should talk more about" -- that's a report, or a summary of problems.
I cannot tell by this at all what you are proposing to do, and because of that can't tell you if it will be acceptable/possible for you to even attempt.
From the final project assignment sheet:
* The specific rule of most importance is that you must make an original argument with your work. You must have a thesis that includes with it the "so what" or "who cares" aspect of your argument, and that "so what" or "who cares" part of the analysis must be clear throughout your essay.
So, your proposal should include what you plan to do (including which general topics from the course that you are going to link together) -- this means details and some depth -- what you plan to argue (this could include the argument or the research question in advance of the argument, with an hypothesis of the argument you potentially foresee), and how you plan to support the argument (which theories do you see yourself using on either side of your argument, etc).
All of those elements should be present in blog #9, yet with even more depth than I expected for blog #8, since you will have annotated sources and know how you will be using them in your argument.
So, seize one very specific thing, link it to something else, and argue for the validity of the observation you are making.