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 Blog Post 2 I am not pleased. I have specific ideas of what I want to do for my literature review. Unfortunately, I can find pretty much zero peer reviewed articles for any variation of what I want to do, regardless of which platform I use. Specifically, these are my updated ideas for a literature review: 1. Using Psychographics to Generate Ideal Reader Personas for Fiction Writers 2. Using Psychographics to Analyze Market Trends in Speculative Fiction 3. Using Generative AI in Refining Plot Narratives in Speculative Fiction 4. Using Generative AI to Develop Ideal Reader Personas I have a few other variations on the theme, which is wholly applicable to rhetoric. No matter what keyword I use, however, I am getting no reasonable results that align with the topic...or, at least, none that would make any sense, since they're all over the map on what psychographics would be used for in designing a written product. Of the articles I have managed to find, these are the closest I have bee...
Literature Review Topic Interests I am considering one of three potential topics for the Literature Review assignment. 1. The first possible topic would be an update for the thesis I completed back in 2012, titled "A Geographic Analysis of Virtual Worlds: Place, Identity, and Society, Using Second Life as a Model." The interesting thing about potentially doing this topic would be revisiting the literature after a decade of technological advancements. What would really be interesting about it would be to use the updated research as the basis of a Doctoral dissertation...provided I could ever find a doctorate in Geography program that was local to wherever I am living. When I did the original thesis, there was very little in my field on the topic. 2. The second topic I am considering relates to developing a Credit for Prior Learning/Prior Learning Assessment Handbook specifically targeted to community colleges and universities. Conceptually, there is significant journal resourc...