For this research paper, I chose to learn more about those with anxiety disorders. I chose this group of "others" because many people I care about have dealt with it in the past, or are still dealing with it today. It is an interesting disorder that I would like to further my knowledge, as well as the awareness of it. According to WebMD, anxiety disorders are "a serious mental illness. For people with anxiety disorders, worry and fear are constant and overwhelming, and can be crippling." For my sources, I will use texts, as well as interviews of people dealing with an anxiety disorder on a daily basis. I will use medical based journals as a form of texts to gather detailed information pertaining to the disorder and studies performed on it. One article I will use is: http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/guide/mental-health-anxiety-disorders
Hi Allie,
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a great project idea and an interesting group to explore! I'm still a little foggy, though, on whether you're planning to look at texts BY people with anxiety disorders or texts ABOUT them. You need to pick one or the other. The idea of the project is to see how this group is represented by others or are choosing to represent themselves. As you think more about what kinds of texts you'll choose, it might help to think about how you could narrow things by looking at the way particular kinds of texts represent this group. For example, you could look at the way medical professionals or websites represent the group, since the example text you gave is from a web M.D. But this is just one idea.