Blog 7: Formulated Research Plan

1. Statement of Purpose:
-Determine if listening to music affects the way writers write.

2. Detailed statement of your research question:
-Does music affect the way we write?
-Does music influence what we write?  Example, if a writer listens to a love song will he/she write something romantic?
-Do writers use different vocabulary in their work when listening to one artist opposed to another?
-Do writers change writing styles when listening to one artist opposed to another?

3. List of information I need to gather:
-Famous writers that listen to music when they write and how it has influenced their writings.
-The people I am specifically targeting: Age.  Sex. How many subjects?
-define music
-define the different genres in music e.g. rock, classical, r&b


4.Preliminary list of sources
-http://www2.widener.edu/~cea/381riecken.htm
-http://www.jstor.org/stable/40170700
http://www.jwu.edu/uploadedFiles/Documents/Academics/JWUGradCRETeenMusicAdrianoDipaolaPVD.pdf
-http://wac.colostate.edu/jbw/v14n2/johnson.pdf
-http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00228958.2005.10518822
-http://dspace.sunyconnect.suny.edu/handle/1951/44971

*Unfortunately these articles/journal entries cost 20$ or more.

5. Plan for gathering information:
-autobiographical discourse analysis on my own writing
-interviews with individuals who write while music is being played
-Maybe a questionnaire? Questionnaire would include music and a mad lips sample. Still unsure.  Would have to confirm with Dr. Chandler.