ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kurt Lindemann is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the School of Communication at San Diego State University (SDSU). He also serves as the Director of the Center for the Study of Media and Performance, an interdisciplinary center at SDSU focused on the critical inquiry of live art and screen culture. Dr. Lindemann has taught courses in English composition, communication theory and methods, and more, and has published numerous scholarly and magazine articles, fiction, and poetry.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
1 So You Have to Write a Research Paper … 1
2 Brainstorm and Research: Formulating and Answering Questions 21
3 Making Arguments, Providing Support 43
4 Style and Format: How to Say What You Want to Say 73
5 Writing the Literature Review: Arguing for Audiences 101
6 Application and Reaction Papers 117
7 Writing Empirical Research Papers 127
8 What Next? Presenting and Publishing Papers 145
Index 161
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