AMSI Research Project

EMC / JOUR / RIM 1020 American Media and Social Institutions

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Project Overview:

Media, individuals, and social institutions all influence one another. The AMSI Research Project represents an ongoing exploration of some of the processes by which this influence occurs. As a student in American Media and Social Institutions, you will receive class credit for helping collect data for the project. Doing so will fulfill the university's requirement that American Media and Social Institutions, being one of the university's general education courses, include work that engages you in research.

What's required:

You may choose either of two ways to complete the project:

• Research Option 1: The Communication Research Pool. This option requires you to serve as a subject during each of three, hour-long research sessions scheduled from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on the same week night during three consecutive weeks. One pool will meet on thee consecutive Wednesday nights, another will meet on three consecutive Thursday nights, and another will meet on three consecutive Friday nights. Click the link for details, including a schedule of research sessions.
• Research Option 2: The MTSU Poll. This option requires you to work as a telephone interviewer during one, four-hour calling session for the MTSU Poll, a statewide public opinion poll of randomly selected Tennessee adults. Click the link for details, including a schedule of calling sessions.

Key deadlines for Spring 2010:

• Registration begins: Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 1.
• Registration ends: You will have until 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12 to register for one option or the other. As with registering for classes, the earlier you register, the more flexibility you have.