Research Source leads

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Proposed Topics/RQs and Possible Source leads

If you have no ideas yet — some topics that might lead to a good research question:

Fast fashion— What is it? What is the impact on the environment? How can we move to a more sustainable fashion?
AI — How is AI changing _____ (education? industry? media?)
Happiness: How can you find happiness? What is the secret to happiness? What is the best mindset to achieve happiness?Does success, money lead to happiness? What are ways to find happiness? Can happiness be measured? What are the health benefits of happiness? Can people reach true happiness?
Podcast: https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2022/12/22/whats-the-secret-of-happiness
Lazy and Procrastination: Why do people procrastinate? What is the science behind procrastination and why people procrastinate?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arj7oStGLkU. Good TED talk on procrastination
Veganism: What does it mean to be a vegan? How and when did it become popular?
Cancer: Why haven’t we found a cure for cancer? Alzheimer’s?
Movies: Why do people love horror movies?
Pandemic: How has the pandemic altered social interactions?

From our class members:

Ethan: Youth and MJ and Brain: How does marijuana affect adolescent brains? How do soft drugs affect adolescent brains? (mj, alcohol, nicotine)

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/16/opinion/marijuana-brain-effects.html

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/marijuana-depression-psychosis-869490d1

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/29/well/family/teenage-brain-marijuana.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/16/opinion/marijuana-brain-effects.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/16/opinion/marijuana-brain-effects.html

Jermain: How has hip-hop and rap changed English Language?

How Hip Hop Became Am’s Poetry (NYT op ed)
Relationship btw Hip HOp and the English Language
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/08/11/magazine/hip-hop-language-dope-cake-woke.html
Rap’s Impact on Language
Hip Hop American Changing — not for the Better (opinion-ed but it’s not about language)
The Impact of Hip Hop on Language/Slang

Destiny: How is African music becoming accepted as a global art form?

https://www.cnbcafrica.com/2023/the-rise-and-influence-of-african-music-on-the-global-stage/
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/afrobeats-global-rise-1282575/
https://insight.ng/africa/global-impacts-afrobeat-music/
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/11/16/world/africa/african-artists-ruth-carter-mr-eazi.html

Iren: Does the paranormal world exist? Is there any basis for believing paranormal activity? IS there a cultural basis for belief in paranormal activity? What is the connection between folklore and belief in paranormal activity?

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/movies/a24271342/the-conjuring-true-story/
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/style/haunted-house-ghost-quarantine.html
- Many American Say They Believe in Ghosts. Do You? (NYT)
- Using Science to Investigate the Paranormal
- Why I dont’ believe in Ghosts (NYT op ed BUT IT’s 2003 — very old)
- I believe in Ghosts (op ed)
- Belive in Ghost Stories (LA Times op ed)
- Why I believe in G and You Should Too (op ed Yale)

Jonathan: How is virtual reality and augmented reality affecting the medical field? maybe focus on therapy? Physical therapy? How is virtual reality changing therapy? helpign with mental illness.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/well/mind/vr-therapy.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/06/well/mind/virtual-reality-therapy-seniors.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/30/technology/virtual-reality-limbix-mental-health.html

Yu: Why are immigrant children achieving success?

https://www.voanews.com/a/why-immigrant-children-excel-more-than-us-born-kids-/6590746.html
https://ifstudies.org/blog/the-immigrant-paradox-why-are-children-of-immigrants-doing-better
https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22548728/immigrant-american-dream-middle-class
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/07/11/opinion/immigrants-success-america.html
https://time.com/6182715/immigrants-children-us-mobility/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2023/10/12/refugees-are-an-american-immigration-success-story/?sh=32781ff61f9a
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/us/immigrant-families-students-college.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigrant-kids-are-more-likely-to-attain-the-american-dream-than-us-born-peers/

Zahir: Why is gambling a problem for professional athletes? — OR —

Sports Betting: Why is Sports Betting harmful or a problem for fans and for professional athletes?

What is the effect of Sports Betting on people who bet/gamble?

Ohtani and Sports Media’s Big Gambling Problem
THe Human Cost of Sports BEtting
How Sports Betting Hit the Mainstream in America (NYT podcast The Daily)
First came the Sports Betting Boom. Now Backlash
NFL Announcement of the formation of the Coalition for Responsible Sports Betting Advertising
Sports Betting, Problem Gambling
The Big Questions about Sports Wagering in America
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/22/opinion/sports-gambling-superbowl.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/07/opinion/legalized-gambling-addiction.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/21/business/ohtani-interpreter-gambling-leagues.html#:~:text=On%20Wednesday%2C%20reports%20surfaced%20that,who%20is%20under%20federal%20investigation.
MLB’s betting rules explained: What players (and interpreters) can and can’t do
Leagues Have More than Just Players to Watch
LA Sports Fans Bewildered by Gambling Scandal

IDEA: Is football a dangerous and violent sport? What is CTE and how is it connected to Football? Should we let our youth play football? What is the connection and football head injury?

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/subject/head-injuries-in-football
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/08/sports/football/cte-brain-trauma-concussions.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/19/podcasts/the-daily/youth-football-cte.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/09/opinion/football-health-injury-concussion.html

Cristina: What is green architecture and — How do green roofs / architecture / green buildings make urban architecture sustainable?

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/climate/architecture-environment-Kunle-Adeyemi.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/realestate/architecture-natural-materials.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/22/nyregion/when-a-green-building-is-no-longer-green-enough.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/business/deep-green-office-buiding.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/03/style/architect-emilio-ambasz-design.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/realestate/los-angeles-house-sustainable.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/04/realestate/net-zero-house-california.html
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/green-buildings-world-sustainable-design/index.html

Moziah: Why is there low voting turnout for the working class? OR — more general, not just working class: What explains low voting turnout? Why don’t Americans vote? What is the reason for low voting turn out?

Why don’t young people vote? What the reason for voter apathy among young people?
https://www.vox.com/2014/10/24/7055091/class-and-turnout
https://www.npr.org/2020/12/16/947182471/why-people-dont-vote
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/opinion/letters/youth-vote.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/08/upshot/youth-voting-2020-election.html
https://www.gp.org/alienated_not_apathetic_why_workers_dont_vote
https://jacobin.com/2021/02/the-2020-presidential-election-and-working-class-voters

Opinion _ Voter turnout is low on purpose — and it has been for more than a century – The Washington Post

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/10/645223716/on-the-sidelines-of-democracy-exploring-why-so-many-americans-dont-vote
https://www.vox.com/2014/10/24/7055091/class-and-turnout
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/why-people-dont-vote/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-new-home/202010/why-americans-dont-vote

Domenica: Is animal testing necessary for medical research? for pharmaceutical drugs? Is this a necessry evil is t here a way to advance drug research without testing it on animals? Jermain: horshoe crabs and vax research