Monday, April 18, 2011
Concerns for Our Final Project
While I'm mostly confident that my interviewees are conversational young people who will give me a fair amount to work off of, I'm concerned about the need for academic resources for this paper. This isn't the first time I've tried to address online media like blogs in a paper, and I'm not sure there is a lot of serious information to be found. When I think "academic" resources, I think statistics or other research. I was wondering if an essay, similar to the one's we've read in class, or even one of the ones we have read in class, count for this requirement? I was also wondering if we had to cite our interviewees on our work cited page. Seeing how some of my interviewees are people I met online, I wouldn't be sure how to do that - some don't provide full names on their profiles and I'm communicating through online messages. Also, would you like to have a physical copy of my paper and work cited page, or will grading off the web page suffice?
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Academic sources involve a lot more than quantitative research, Angel. Essays and theoretical pieces definitely count. By no means do I expect you to work exclusively with "hard" data and stats (although those can be useful as well). Look for pieces that seem to address asepcts of YOUR argument.
ReplyDeleteAlso: there are MANY scholarly pieces written on blogs specifically, and even more about digital networks and online identity. And your sources don't necessarily have to deal specifically with blogs. You might use a general quote about proliferation of technology, or an idea from a psychologist or sociologist about HOW people construct and represent themselves. Don't box yourself in - you can relate almost ANYTHING to your paper, as long as it ties into your argument in some way.