Discuss your topic in terms of academic research
• What types of questions are researchers asking with regard to your topic?
• How are they studying this topic? In other words, what types of research methods are researchers using to address their research questions (e.g., interviews, surveys, experiments, longitudinal studies)?
• What are some findings that these researchers have put forth?
• What are the gaps in the research? Where is the research on this topic lacking? What aspects of your topic do you think should be investigated more in the future?
