Refined Research

     My narrow topic that I have chosen is Fashion around the world. The question I chose to research is 'How do other countries exhibit their fashion?' I feel like this a good question because there are many points that I can mention and go into many details about the different countries. As far as the different aspects of fashion in the cities and countries of my research. Keywords that I choose to search for books were fashion, fashion worldwide, fashion in different cultures, and cultural fashion. The keyword fashion in different cultures didn't really work to well, I didn't get a lot of feedback. An example of a primary source that I will us for my project are popular fashion magazines as stated in my other blog post.

Helpful Sources

     Different information sources that I may use for my research topic would mainly be magazines because I know a lot of fashion comments and opinions are in different magazines such as Instyle, Glamour, Vogue, FASHION, and Cosmopolitan. Using these magazines will have many articles on certain countries that I chose to research. I will also try to use sources such as scholary journals and databases. The databases will help me to see how certain people, authors, and bloggers think about fashion around the word. I'm not too sure what disciples might have an interest in my topic. There are plenty of groups that might have an opinion on my topic such as modeling agencies, stylist, and fashion bloggers. I'm sure fashion bloggers would have a lot to say about fashion all around the world because they probably have more inspiration for fashion overseas. Modeling agencies are always wondering what type of styles should be shown on the runway, whether its clothes from or made in India or Malaysia. I know there are various things that I could look into to get great information.

FASHION

      Key words that I have choose to research are fashion world wide, fashion in different countries, and interesting countries with fashion. These key words or phrases that I chose narrowed down my search which made it better for me to work with. The countries and cities that I chose to research are Bangladesh, Paris, Australia, Brazil, Japan, and America. I thought that these cities and countries would be cool and interesting to compare and to see how they dress and style their clothes. I'm not too sure of my research question but I have been thinking on the lines of something like 'How do other cities and countries exhibit fashion?' That question might take some revising. Today's class helped me to go in depth with actual key points to focus on such as the countries and cities I have chosen. This was very helpful for me!

Two Researching Topics

     For my final project I was thinking about researching fashion and nursing. I know those topics are at the opposite ends of the spectrum but these topics are things I take interest in.  I've always been into fashion ever since high school, I love to dress. I like putting different things together and making it work. Of course I have some type of interest in Nursing because it is my major. I love being hands-on, helpful, and caring towards people. For this project I would like to identify fashion all around the world and how other countries dress. Also, I know that other countries wear different clothing depending on their culture. Maybe I can choose about ten different countries and research their clothing and how they feel about fashion. I would most definitely choose Paris because it is the fashion capitol, somewhere like Bangladesh, and other cool countries. With the topic of nursing I would do the aspects of different nurses because I know most people say they want to be a pediatric nurse be cause that is all they know. Therefore, would like to just throw out of couple of other nursing positions.  

Decisions

A major purchase that I ever made was probably purchasing my iPhone 4S. I had many phones options that I could choose from such as the Galaxy or another high-tech touch screen phone but of course it was not hard for me to make up my mind. I decided to go with the iPhone 4S. I did have two options of colors, between black and white. I went ahead and chose the white one because I thought it was cool and I was tired having a black phone; the white iPhone 4S was something different. I did get some advice from my mom surprisingly because a couple of her co-workers told her some facts that I did not know of. I also got some advice from the salesmen at the AT&T store. He was very informative and helped through all of the step as far as setting up my phone and the accounts on the phone. I consulted the price which was not very negotiable because there is a set price for the phone. Also, we consulted when certain prices would be seen on the bill and how to check usages of the phone. All of this information was consulted because it was important and just to keep up with everything.

Likes & Dislikes of the Library

My absolute most favorite part of the library is the 3rd floor. It is very quiet and peaceful. I feel like I can get a lot my work done up there. There isn't much talking at all which makes it even better. Another part of the library that I like is being able to rent items such as calculators, markers, laptops, and of course books. And not to mention the fantastic Starbucks that is located on the the main level. My least favorite part of the library is the main floor. It gets very loud at times and it is hard to concentrate. Although, the Starbucks on that floor makes up for that. Another thing about the main floor is that sometimes computers aren't available for you to use because it will be crowded. I am still semi-confused about the library hours, I still can never get them down, but other than that there is nothing that I'm confused about.

Introduction

Hi there,

I'm Celena Miller and I'm from the city of Atlanta and I attended Dunwoody High School. I am interested in studying Nursing here at UWG. I decided to make this decision when I volunteered in the hospital and got really into interacting with the patients.
One thing that surprised me about today's class was creating the Blog. I had in mind that in this class we would be doing research and just surfing the web. When I heard that we would be creating a Blog, it immediately took my interest. I've always wanted to create a Blog about something. One thing that I would like to learn about more about this semester are websites that are credible and websites that aren't credible. I didn't know there was even a such thing.