Timeline: Effects of Reality Television Consumption

September 7-13

• September 9: Project timeline due
• Collect literature and begin to prepare annotated bibliography, research questions, and methods for paper proposal
• Prepare IRB paperwork and consent form for focus groups

September 14-20

• September 16: Paper proposal due / IRB application submitted
• Continue collecting literature

September 21-27

• Mid-week: Literature collection and outline of review completed
• Begin writing literature review

September 28-October 4

• Begin writing methods section
• End of week: Begin editing draft of literature review
• Recruitment e-mail sent to undergraduate research pool (pending IRB approval)

October 5-11

• October 7: Literature review due
• Focus groups held during this week
• End of week: Begin editing draft of methods section

October 12-18

• October 14: Methods section due
• Focus groups held during this week
• GOAL: All data collected by October 18

October 19-25

• Finish up focus groups (if the need arises due to scheduling or recruitment difficulties)
• October 23: Data collection due by 5:00 p.m.

October 26-November 1

• Data transcription / analysis
  

November 2-8

• Data transcription / analysis
  
• Begin writing contribution / limitations

November 9-15

• Data transcription / analysis
  
• End of week: Begin editing draft of contribution / limitations

November 16-22

• Finish up data analysis
  
• November 18: Contribution / limitations due

November 23-29

• November 25: Functional outline due
• Edit entire paper

November 30-December 6

• December 4: Draft of paper submitted electronically by 5:00 p.m.

December 7-13

• December 11: Letters to journal editor due by 5:00 p.m.

December 14-18

• Implement suggestions of peer editors
• December 18: FINAL DRAFT due by 5:00 p.m.