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These recommended readings offer an opportunity to deepen students’ engagement with the module through coherent, topical essays. The essays are all Creative Commons licensed, which means they can be downloaded and presented directly in the LMS. (Note: The assumption is that not all of these readings would be assigned. The instructor could pick one to assign to the class, or students could be given a choice if the class format allows.)
The readings listed here pair well with the material in the module “Integrating Sources.”
Using Sources and Introducing Quotes
- Reading: Annoying Ways People Use Sources
- Author: Kyle D. Stedman
- Source: Writing Spaces
- License: CC BY-NC-SA
- Short Summary: Cleverly introduces the idea of quotation and citation conventions by highlighting the reader’s “annoyance” when these conventions are broken.
- Discussions and Approaches: Includes discussion questions at the end of the essay.
Intellectual Property and Copyright
- Reading: The Plot to Privatize Common Knowledge
- Author: David Bollier
- Source: On the Commons
- License: CC BY-SA
- Short Summary: This opinionated piece argues that corporate interests are using copyright and patent law to seize common knowledge and bully artists and creators.
- Discussions and Approaches: The essay could be used to deepen discussions of intellectual property, or to demonstrate a persuasive argument.
MLA Citations in the Wild
- Reading: No Face, No Case: Russian Hip Hop and Politics under Putinism
- Author: Anne Liebig
- Source: FORUM: University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal of Culture & The Arts
- License: CC BY
- Short Summary: Discusses the rise of socially-conscious hip hop in contemporary Russia.
- Discussions and Approaches: Provides a useful model to look at quote integration and MLA citation within an approachable academic argument.
APA Citations in the Wild
- Reading: Understanding the Link Between Social Skills and Phone Use
- Author: Kennedy Ralph and Aurora Ramos Nunez
- Source: Journal of Student Research
- License: CC BY-NC-SA
- Short Summary: Discusses original survey research to test a hypothesis around Emotional Intelligence and smartphone use.
- Discussions and Approaches: Relatively approachable example of social science research methodology and write-up. Uses APA citation style.
