"How does the Sierra Club represent their efforts/actions in an online forum, such as Facebook?"
This paper would involve research into both the organization's offline and online actions, and how the offline is translated into the online forum. It would require sources from inside the organization, and outside, such as scholarly work in the field of environmental activism, etc. This question interests me because it is somewhat broad, in that it asks how the organization shows what it is doing in the real world, and how they represent this action online. An addition to the question could be, do they do this successfully? Is it represented accurately?
"How do ecowatch.com and the Sierra Club website comparatively inform their audience and how do they differ?"
This paper would require research into both websites, analyzing them rhetorically, and thus evoking the similar messages they present and how they present it. It would involve a comparison, which means how they are similar, and how they are unique, which would make for an interesting paper in that they both are aimed at environmental sustainability and protection, presumably. I would need to cite both organizations, do some research into their respective programs, and probably some outside sources on environmental protection/action.
"Is the way the Sierra Club presents itself too narrowly focused on oil?"
This question seems a little too narrow, but it is actually my favorite of the three, because it is focused and yet it is focused enough where I can spend time both on the issue(oil) and how the rhetoric of the organization represents that problem. This paper would require research into both the organization and on the current oil crisis, as well as a rhetorical analysis of either the Facebook page(probably) or the webpage. Sources would need to vary, coming from the organization and outside, scholarly sources on oil and most likely on environmental protection.
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