I’m changing my research topic from discrimination to social media’s effect on civil unrest
- How does social media affect people’s willingness to voice their opinions against the government?
- Does social media have a negative effect on protest turnouts?
- Does voicing your dissent on social media lead to any change?
- Does the government monitor dissent on social media?
- Does social media help or hurt bringing about change within the government?
- Is simply voicing your opinions against the government enough to bring about change?
- Is action, such as protesting, required in order to bring about change?
- What age groups are the most popular social media users?
- What age groups are most likely to vote during an election?
- Is posting your grievances on social media harmful or helpful to yourself?
- Are certain social media better for voicing opinions against the government?
- Should government officials be allowed to block citizen users on social media?
- Have protests been organized through social media in the past?
- Have protests organized through social media been successful in the past?
- What social media platforms are the most politically charged?
- What percentage of online petitions bring about real-world change?
- What percentage of millennials are on social media?
- How did protests in the past spread word about the protests taking place?
- What protests have had the largest attendances?
- What percentage of protests bring about real-world change?
These are good questions to research for your new topic. Social media has become an enormous part of our daily lives, and has a lot of influence on many different things even though we may not realize it.
1) I love question 12. Do public servants actually block people? I never knew that but its really a great question.
2) What is the power of ‘fake news’ or false information that can spread like wild fire on social media? Do we have people banding together on information that isn’t the full truth or a shaded view on the truth? How does that affect our goals of progress?
Hey James,
I like how your questions are really philosophical. They open the door to a lot of discussion for your paper. Also, it takes into account the changing norms of society today due to social media.