A Specific Approach

According to the majority of the comments it seemed we have come to agree that our survey question will deal with the role of the media in regards to voter turn out. Which ever direction we take it would be essential for us to analyze some kind of a time line that would support our research. However I wondering if it would be possible for the focus of our survey to not be on voter turn out but something else. Though its a great idea and we would be able to find an extensive amount of research I feel the topic is a little over used. I liked the idea of presenting the effect social media sites or news networks on politics. In class today the Owen talked about the events taking place in Egypt and how Twitter and Facebook may have influenced this revolution. A few questions I was thinking of are... "Do social media sites lead to an increase in political activism?" or in regards to election and campaigns "Does the Media play a role in influencing governmental agendas?" These are just suggestions. I also like Jennifer's question about where people obtain their news on political matters.