Research Paper Requirements
Your research paper must be 15 full pages in length (or more if you wish). The paper must be formatted using 1 inch margins and size 12 Times New Roman double spaced font. Please submit the paper as a Word document. The first 12 full pages must consist of the following sections: -Abstract -Research Question/Thesis Statement -Methodology -Research (main portion of the paper) The last 3 full pages of your 15-page paper must consist of an analysis section. This is where you must provide your own analysis, beliefs, concerns, projections, etc. about your topic. This is the section where you can also get into the media effects/media ethics associated with your topic if you want to do so. Following the 15 pages listed above, you must provide an Endnote page(s) and then a Bibliography page(s). The Abstract is a one-paragraph synopsis/summary of your paper topic. The Research Question/Thesis Statement is one-sentence in length. The Methodology must be 1 page in length. As far as endnotes are concerned, here are the requirements. First, you must have a minimum of 60 endnotes. Second, endnotes should be in the Research section of your paper. Third, you may not use any endnotes in your Abstract or your Methodology. Fourth, your Analysis section should only have a few endnotes at the very most because it is your own opinion. Fifth, you must place your Endnotes at the end of the paper and not at the bottom of each page. As for the Bibliography, you must have a total of at least 20 sources (you should have already gathered half of those in your annotated bib assignment). At least 10 of those sources must be primary sources (you should have already gathered at least half of those sources in your annotated bib assignment)