Research
Unit 2: Identity in Participatory Culture
Project: Class Wiki
→ warm up: Annotated Bibliography (18-Oct)
» ICYMI: Participatory Culture Overview page (watch videos)
(especially for clarification about objects of study)
Week 8
M 10/12 Discuss: “The Rhetoric of Memes”
- read several entries (2−3 pages; get sense of project)
plus two published responses
- focus: genre & audience (scholarly conventions)
→ compare/contrast with Wiki for public readers
- looking ahead: research & reading for A-Bib sources
→ begin examining culture form of interest (specific examples)
and researching for A-Bib
W 10/14 hybrid work :
- discuss: research strategies & progress
→ browsing & searching for relevant scholarly articles via library databases
» Discussion (prompts below):
- Brief comment (due 230pm)
- Classmate reply (due 3pm):
→ reminder, both posts required for attendance/participation credit.
F 10/16 independent work (no class) :
- Compile & Assess Research; read article/chapter
- Post update (reply to Wednesday comment): article found/selected
» updated — due 18-Oct: Annotated Bibliography Exercise
(15 points, 5 sources; upload in D2L)