Posted: November 1st, 2015

РАRTIСIРАTОRY ТV АSSЕMBLАGЕ

РАRTIСIРАTОRY ТV АSSЕMBLАGЕ

research essay

Your research essay will be structured (without subheadings) into an introduction, body and conclusion. There

are three parts to this document: 1. Guide, 2. Blank template, 3. Example.

With your three examples you can begin drafting a provisional thesis

statement. A thesis statement clearly states what your essay is about. That is meant literally, so if one of

your friends doing this unit asks you,”So what is your essay about?” Your one line response should be (a

version of) your thesis statement. In the humanities and social sciences, writing up research is part of the

thinking work that goes into the research. This means that as you begin writing up your
examples and your critical analysis of them in the form of an argument, you will more than likely revise

your thesis statement. The final version of the thesis statement is sometimes framed as a question that is then

‘answered’ in the conclusion of the essay. The revision process is expected because research is a process of

discovery.

Think about each of your examples as discrete but related sections of your essay. Focus on each of them in

turn. Poor examples will be obvious examples and will be marked down accordingly. There is no point doing
research if you already know the answer to something. For the purposes of the research essay plan you should

include: 1. a one sentence
description, 2. one sentence about the propositions/c aims you are making about this ex ample, 3. up to two

references that you have found
that are relevant to your example, and 4. a sub-conclusion about how this example demonstrates some aspect of

your primary argument
(expressed in the thesis statement). The one sentence description should be straight-forward and the

references should be self-explanatory.

At this point you should have an understanding of your thesis and your examples. What is missing is point2

about

propositions/claims and point 4 about the sub-conclusions you are drawing. ln other words, what you will need

to think about for the purposes of the research essay is how the example fits in your argument, i.e. essay structure.

In the structure of your essay, between the

introductory paragraph and the first of your examples, you will introduce and begin critically exploring one of the technological
assemblages of communication discussed in the readings or lectures. The proposition and sub-conclusion lines

of your essay plan address the relevance/connection of the example for/to the critical exploration of your chosen assemblage. To describe your assemblage in 4-6 dot points
means you will necessarily have to refer to the Slack and Wise readings (weeks2 and 3) and offer a definition of the assemblage in your own words in the context of your chosen assemblage.

You will need a minimum of 10 references to pass this essay. Better essays will have double

this number of references. You can use the readings. Note: if you are referencing extracts of a single work,

then only reference this single  work.

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