So since I will be out of town this weekend I am going to get a head start on this. Not sure if these are good or not but I am going to give it a whirl.

1. How managers communicate with field personnel in the EMS world.
2. The difference in communication styles between Rural/Metro and American Medical Response in relation to field personnel.
3. In what ways are men given preference in the fire department.

Are these the type of things you are looking for?

Possible research topics.
1. The way campus ministries try to engage students.
2. How Facebook status updates have changed the need for personal communication.
3. How music influences people.

Andy's Research Topics
1. Affects on quality of work while working a full-time job and going to school full-time.
2. Technologies affects on communication and social norms.
3. Advantages and disadvantages of being a first generation college student.

Sofia's Possible Topics:

1.Facebook being considered private or public in terms of your personal life.
2.Quality of life balance between work and personal life
3.Online relationships: face-to-face interpersonal communication vs. CMC online communication.
4.text messaging communication vs. face-to-face communication.

(I just did 4 because I am not sure which topics I want to be my top 3 yet)
-Sofia Cruz

Possible Research Topics
1. How and why we use social media to satisfy our communication imperative
2. The influence of Reddit
3. Does our use social media interfere and distract us from being productive in school?

Possible Research Topics:

1. Why do we willingly exchange our privacy for social gains?

2. The theorist John Zerzan states that technology will aid in the destruction of the human civilization.
Can we live without technology? Or have we grown to dependant on it?

3. Is the individualistic view of communication accepted more in the social media?

1. Today's generation preferred method of communication among college students? -Text messaging communication vs. face-to-face communication.
2. Is Facebook or any other social networking sites becoming too big of a distraction in class?
3. How do students use services such as Rate my Professor in selecting classes? (I really like this one, but it was used in your past classes. I'm still trying to think of something along the lines of this topic.)

1.Why are firefighters always the heros at the end of the day and police officers always the one we are furious with for giving us a ticket, yet if we are in an accident we call them to get the other person in trouble?
2.Why are so many people so easily distracted and relient on their "smart" technologies?
3. How influential is television and the internet on todays kids?

Possible Research Topics:

1. Technology’s effect on the learning process in the classroom.
2. Does social networking satisfy our need for communication?
3. Is face-to-face more important than technological communication?

Here are my research question ideas:

1. How texting affects the writing (of essays and other scholarly works) of college students.
2. Why the 'Stop SOPA' campaign was so successful.
3. How does D2L facilitate learning in online/hybrid classes?

1. How do people find out about events such as concerts or other big events? By word of mouth or through social networking?

2. Is Facebook or any other social networking site becoming too big of a distraction in class?

3. How often do people use Yelp to let people know where they've been?

My new updated 3

1. How does technology affect the younger generation? Will they be more or less social because of the ease of communicating online? (I work at an elementary school, and i see a lot of these kids have cell phones already.)

2. Has the internet made people lazy and less hungry for knowledge since the information they want is just a google search away?

3. something along the lines of communication through online video games

1.) Should racial profiling be a legitimate law-enforcement policy in some areas, and if so to what end is it not legitimate?

2.) How have online dating sites contributed to communication amongst individuals / harm communication?

3.) Smart phones and their contribution / deprecation of communication

1. How do smartphones such as the iPhone keep people engage in social networks.
2. Face-to-face communication vs Online communication among high school teens. (Maybe with interactions on social networks or text messaging)
3. Trending topics on twitter and their connection with many users

1.) How do disc jockeys or music mixers during concerts gratify their audiences with their music?
2.) Does the rise electronic music influence its listeners to become disc jockeys and producers?
3.) Does listening to electronic dance music elicit drug amongst young adults?

1) How do you determine what is a public and private space, such as SJSU?
2) How has social media affected the way people write in terms of grammar and punctuation?
3) Does internet communication affect interpersonal relationships since there is no face to face communication?

1. How has the concept of ownership changed since websites like youtube or dailymotion have launched?
2. How has Twitter effected the physical news media?
3. What are the standards for decency or privacy for a Facebook profile?

1. How has Yelp reviews decreased privacy?
2. Does the increased popularity in social networks changed the norms for indecent exposure?
3. Does Facebook have too many privacy issues?

1. How has fantasy sports become such a huge hit in the world sports?
2. How much is too much self disclosure in the world of Facebook?
3. Does the sports media deliver their news faster through television or the internet?

Michael Wilkerson

Topic: Facebook maintaining relationships between friends.
Topic: The use of technologies such as Skype taking the place of face to face communication.
Topic: People becoming increasingly more dependent on the use of smartphones.

1. How online dating and relationships how SJSU students use these sites?
2. Online dating has changed and expands the way we meet and search for a mate. Is this helping or hindering communication?
3. How using media to connect with your significant other, pros and cons?

Shannon Arriaga