Assignment

READ: Skim/read/consume at 10-20 items about your topic (news items, blog posts, newspaper/magazine articles, editorials, Wikipedia entries, paper abstracts, videos, new media, book reviews, web pages, etc.)—please choose a variety of genres.

This isn’t research; it’s reading. Get an idea of the nature of the topic, relevant history, related issues, past/current discussions, points of interest, areas of agreement/disagreement, etc. Your goal is to get an idea of what’s “out there” and gauge your knowledge about (and interest in) the topic.

WRITE: A summary of what you found—not everything—but a summary of the conversation. Who is talking? Where? How? In what ways? Please include a few links and/or titles of particularly interesting or representative texts and find/mention at least one scholarly/academic text.

Additional Notes:

• Please write a sentence or two before your summary that identifies your topic/subject.
• You should aim to write ~400-600 words (but more is fine if you have more to say!)
• Post before class time on Wednesday, 9/14.

 

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