Research Paper Assignment Instructions The research paper is a project in which you will articulate your knowledge of communication in relation to a specific topic. Topic 1) An extinct, or nearly extinct, form of communication. Assignment: Write a 5 page paper, double-spaced and formatted according to the APA conventions. The paper must include a References page with at least four entries; two of the entries can be interviews, and at least one must be a non-cyber source. The paper will refer to each of the sources in the text. Guidelines and suggestions: Pick one of the suggested topics and narrow the focus: make a specific, original point as your central idea about the topic. Support that central idea with observations and research, devoting one paragraph to each point that supports your central idea. Include a concluding paragraph that reiterates your central idea and summarizes your main developing points. Make sure that your essay is clearly written and that you edit it for grammar. ****Please incorporate at least 13 of the words from the list below. Bold them in the paper so that I can see that it was used. Thanks!*** “channel,” “content messages,” interpersonal communication,” “relational messages,” “symbols, “culture,” “subcultures,” “identity,” “working self-concept,” “perception, “abstract language,” “idiom,” “emblems,” “nonverbal communication,” “nonverbal leakage, “emotional intelligence,” “social emotions,” “active listening,” “relational framing, “interdependence,” “secret tests,” “attachment style,” “enmeshed systems,” “explicitness,” “argument,” “conflict styles,” and “perspective taking.” *** Maybe writing letters can be the extinct form of communication, you can talk about how it changed overtime, how the prisons are switching to email instead of handwritten letters, maybe how text messages are the new form of letters, and other things***
