Ultimately, this first assignment seeks to ensure your understanding between an independent variable (variable that can be manipulated or changed) and how that affects the dependent variable. An example might be: "What is the relationship between teenage males playing video games and how they process their emotions?" Of course, your RQ should be related to communications and media / social sciences. Think of anything that interests you–music, Netflix, commercials, video games, exercising, hobbies–and how you can form a relationship with that topic into an RQ that’s relevant to our course.