Evolution of Digital Media Technologies: Content Industries Kathy E. Gill 4 November 2003
Evolution of Digital Media Technologies: Content Industries
Kathy E. Gill
4 November 2003
Overview
Papers Communication Department Poster
Session Content : Newspapers Content : Television
Papers – Overview
Everyone seemed to have trouble with citations – so that’s the focus of this short presentation
This is a learning experience! The goal should be to improve on paper two and improve again with paper three
Grammar, Spelling, Punctuation
Use the tools built-into your word processor!
General rule: punctuation is “inside” quotation marks (exception, semi-colon)
If you don’t know how to spell-check or grammar-check, please see me after class
Colloquial Language Avoid it! Examples:
nowadays (colloquial/slang) – use today, now, presently, currently
stats (an abbreviation/slang) – use statistics
It’s been a long time since … (not concrete) – give dates
Not exhaustive list, just common examples
Citations (1/2)
Why do we include citations in academic papers? (discuss)
Citations (2/2)
Document sources, for credit (ie, not plagarized)
Allow other scholars who follow you to replicate your work
Thus, citations must be specific
Notes, types
1. Cite authority for statements in the text: facts, opinions or direct quotations
2. Make cross-references
3. Comment on discussion
4. Make acknowledgements
Notes, how
Numerical order, beginning with 1 Arabic numbers Superscript No embellishments (quotation marks,
parens, etc.)
Notes, required
You may use end notes or footnotes but you must use notes. From the syllabus: “Each of the three papers must be typed and
must include endnotes or footnotes as well as a bibliography.”
Remember that notes can be content or reference
End Notes
Follow the text on a separate page (precedes bibliography)
Titled Notes Chronological order May be single-spaced
Footnotes
Must begin on the page where cited, but long notes may be continued
May be single-spaced Readers of scholarly works usually
prefer footnotes for ease of reference
Bibliography
Alphabetical list by author (may be organized by type, but this is less common)
Includes all references, even those not specifically cited
Citations – Format (1/3)
Bibliographic form is less specific than notes: author, title, publication data Tannen, Deborah. You Just Don’t
Understand: Women and Men in Conversation. New York: Morrow, 1990. (Chicago)
Citations – Format (2/3)
Note form: author, title, publication data, pageDeborah Tannen, You Just Don’t
Understand: Women and Men in Conversation (New York: Morrow, 1990) 51. (Chicago)
Content notes – check grammar, spelling
Citations – Format (3/3)
Inline form – MLA (APA differs but still has page cite) (Tannen 1990 51) or … as Tannen (1990 51) showed …
If you use this form for references, you will still need content notes
Papers – Kathy’s soapbox (1/3)
Media is a plural noun; medium is singular.
Ditto data (datum). It’s not 1990’s or 90’s or 90s … it’s
1990s (see Chicago Manual of Style) Spell out numbers smaller than 10
(newspaper style) or 100 (academic style)
Papers – Kathy’s soapbox (2/3)
Don’t start sentences with a number; re-write
Active tense is preferred over passive
Use notes for detail, definitions, explanations
Explain why (tie opinions, explanations to theory)
Papers – Kathy’s soapbox (3/3)
Web sources should be reasonably authoritative (ie, named author or established publisher)
Cite should include the date visited Follow standard format for journals,
magazine articles and add the URL
Secondary Research
These papers are primarily examples of secondary research (some of you are conducting surveys and interviews that would qualify as primary research, but it is not required)
Synthesis
Content should be more than a mere collection of citations
Instead, the writing should reflect a synthesis of what you have learned from the sources
Recommended from Jessica
Assembling a List of Works Cited In Your Paper, http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/works_cited
Compares APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian Citing Sources Within Your Paper,
http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/within.htm Compares APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian
Citation Style Guides for Internet and Electronic Sources, http://www.library.ualberta.ca/guides/citation/index.cfm
Recommended from Kathy
General guides The Elements of Style (Strunk & White) A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and
Dissertations (Turabian)
Specific guides (pick one) The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers,
6th ed (MLA, Gibaldi) Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association, 5th ed (APA) Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed (for the detail-
oriented, includes MLA)
Papers – Requirements
Remember - the three papers must include at least 15 citations from scholarly books or journals
Papers are evaluated on quality of analysis, focus, and clarity of presentation
All work must be original You must reference theory (explain “why”)
Questions?
I’m still reviewing papers – expect to get them back to you Thursday night at the start of T.Y’s class
I need a mailing address (by e-mail!) if you will not be here Thursday
Adjourn to COM126
Poster Session Return here by 7.25, please, so we
can start at 7.30 with our first speaker
We’ll take a brief break at 8.30 PS – I need a volunteer (or two) to
introduce speakers