COMM305: Persuasion and Propaganda

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For this assignment, you've been asked to do research on your chosen speech from the Voices of Democracy website: "In addition to the interpretative essay that accompanies your chosen speech, please research 5 more sources that provide information on the context, the social movement, the speech’s impact, and/or the communication strategies employed." (from the assignment description but emphases mine).

1. Be creative in researching different aspects of the speech (see bolded aspects above).
    
2. Search Communication and Mass Media Complete (the core COMM database) to research the rhetorical strategies and context of the speech and/or social movement.
    
3. Use Hekman's Primo search tool and/or 2-3 other specific databases to research the speech, speaker, social movement, historical period, and/or the issue/cause itself. 
    
4. For background or historical research, books or subject encyclopedias might also be helpful (see suggestions below).
    
5. Follow the citation trails!  Start first with the "Suggested Resources" bibliography connected to the Voices of Democracy interpretative essay on your speech, but also always look at cited references or bibliographies in other sources too, to find more related research.

Use this handout to help you know how to track down sources from citations you find in bibliographies: