This document discusses researching how social media is used in and affects individual and social/professional culture. It also discusses exploring a historical comparison of traditional communication methods like yearbooks and society pages to modern social media, and establishing the historical evolution of social media from early tools like bulletin boards to current trends. Additionally, it discusses conducting qualitative research through interviews to investigate how social media has impacted participants' discourse communities.

1. Research how social media is used in and affects various areas
of individual and social/professional culture. Explore a
historical comparison of yearbooks, society pages, and personal
to modern day social media as well as establish the historical
evolution of social media from Bulletin Boards, AOL, profiles,
CompuServe, and other early tools to current trends. Also,
conduct qualitative research by interviewing participants in
order to investigate their experience with and beliefs about how
social media has widened or limited their discourse
communities.