​When you do background research you can find:
This will help you narrow your topic.
Narrowing a topic requires you to create a specific question about something that interests you, that will focus your information-gathering process and research.
It can help to think about the who? what? where? when? and why? about your topic.
How does inequality of gender affect the casting of mainstream movies?
Who? actresses
What? wage gap (income inequality)
Where? Hollywood
When? within the last 10 years (2014-2024)
Why? equal pay is socially just
The next step is to think of KEYWORDS. Use synonyms and related concepts to develop more keywords to search the library databases. For example:
movies OR motion pictures OR films
income inequality OR wage gap OR gender inequality
film star OR movie star OR actress
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