Research Paper

I have had a lot of trouble coming up with an idea about what I would like to research. Nothing really seemed to come to interest at first and then I thought about the negative effects that mass media can play on peoples perceptions. I haven't got much done other than a little research and I was interested in the tobacco industry and how they manipulated the mass media into printing false stories so that people wouldn't know cigarettes are bad. I am also looking into what perception actually is and how it is effected in general because this would give me an idea to fall back onto and reference tho show that perception does change. I have a lot of work to do in the next couple days to get my paper where I want it to be but least I have an idea about where I want to go and how to get there.