week 7 : 15 november

activism, politics

Reading for This Evening

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  • Agenda
    • Guest speaker: Dr. Phil Howard, department of communication
      New Media Campaigns and the Managed Citizen
      Speaker and Class Evaluation

    • Notes about papers.
      • Unexpected Pluses
        * Definitions
        * Detailed explanation of theoretical assumptions
      • Most common areas for improvement
        • Citations
          * no retrieval date
          * incomplete information for electronic resources (author, title, date)
          * including both footnote and APA inline reference
          * insufficent citation of material
        • Paper
          * recitation of facts without explanation (theorizing) of why change might have occurrred
          * focus on technology with no mention of social systems
          * introducing new ideas, sources in the conclusion
          * failure to run spell or grammar check
        • Structure/Style
          * Plural (not possessive) decades - no apostrophe! (1980s)
          * Long quotations : indent, not inline
          * Passive tense
          * Generally speaking, put URLs in footnotes, not inline
          * Parallel structure for phrases, clauses
    • Student blogs of note this week:
      • Andrea - what is the tragedy of the internet?
      • Camille - is there a tech solution?
      • Dian - global warming
      • Doug - contrast with Friedman
      • EricaC - "advertsing pollution"
      • Sakina - tension between have's and have-not's
      • Simon - what are internet necessities, essential freedoms?
    • Assignments for Next Week:
      • Reading Assignment. Reading summaries are due 8 am Monday before Tuesday's class unless otherwise noted.
      • Second paper due Wednesday 23 Nov @ 6 pm Friday 25 Nov @ 10 am via eSubmit.
      • Please review the presentation guidelines from the syllabus. Each student will complete an evaluation for each presentation (excepting your own, unless you so desire). These are "UW Net ID" required WebQ forms; the evaluations are open from 6pm the night of the presentation until 6pm the following Tuesday. Those of you with laptops can do this is realtime (perhaps); others will need to take notes and transfer to the electronic medium.

        Any student who would like to see a summary of evalulations (for self, only) may request one; I will remove personally-identifying information (UW NetID) before transmittal.
    • Resources
      • Group 2 Posts to Course (group) Blog
      • Group 4 Posts to Course (group) Blog

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