Well, since my last post on my research paper, I'm proud to say I have made leaps and bounds in my research. I have found somewhere in the neighborhood of five to six, what i feel to be, pretty reliable resources. The more and more I've looked through the information on the internet, I've been able to filter and refine my searches to get more of the kind of information about reality TV that I'm looking for. A lot of the results dealing with shows overviews and recaps don't show up anymore, and instead the relevent information does. I've come to be in love with websites run by various educational departments around the country, since they seem to be doing a good amount of research very similiar to what I've been looking for. And since it's an .edu site, I generally feel that they are trustworthy. I've have also come to the realization that finding numbers for the kind of statistics i'm looking for is a very difficult task. I've tried websites like the Nielson ratings, but that was of virtually no help. So I think I'm going to be shifting my focus more and more away from looking for statistics as I go on in my research. Another helpful thing that I have begun to use more and more is the citations and references I find on one source, potentially will lead me to other good sources just full of precious information. I want to continue to look for a primary source, such a book or some kind of encyclopedia on this subject, but have currently turned up short.
And probably the biggest chance since last time, is that I feel like my research has become more focused overall, giving me a clearer picture of what I'm trying to do.
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