Research topic

Write: For this discussion, address the following prompts:
• Identify a global societal issue from the following list that you would consider
researching further for your Week 5 Final Paper:
o Climate change
o Pollution
o Religious conflict and violence
o Rise of artificial intelligence
o Lack of education
o Unemployment and lack of economic opportunity
o Government accountability and corruption
o Food and water security
o International drug trafficking
o Poverty and income inequality
• Describe effective methods you used in identifying and narrowing down to just one
of the topics to further research for your Final Paper.
• Explain three ways you can critically analyze sources to determine if they are
scholarly.
• Summarize information from at least two scholarly journal articles from the
Ashford University Library that will support your claims for your chosen topic.
• Explain why scholarly sources should be used to support your writing on the
selected topic.