Post a link to your paper and commence in peer review. Each student will be evaluated in terms of his or her contribution to peer review. Collectively, the group will be evaluated on two criteria:
A. the quality of the titles and abstracts submitted: 1st place 5 points; 2nd place 4 points; 3rd place 3 points; 4th place 2 points; 5th place 1 point
B. the quality of the peer reviews completed: 1st place 15 points; 2nd place 10 points; 3rd place 8 points; 4th place 4 points; 5th place 2 points
How to post a link to your paper.
1. Log into your Google account or another account that allows for cloud storage.
2. Click on Drive. (It should be in a menu near the top left corner)
3. Click on New / File Upload
4. Pick your ethnography paper and upload it
5. click share
6. click advanced
7. click 'change'
8. move it to 'anyone with link'
9. click save
10. copy the URL and paste it to this board
Above your link, you are to give your paper a title and create an abstract. Following the abstract, you should detail some of your concerns with your paper as it currently stands. Give plenty of details so as to help your group do a better job with your review. Make sure your abstract is distinctly separated from your concerns.
There is a peer review sheet available to help you review the work of your peers, but you don't have to use this peer review handout. This peer review will count for more than 20% of your overall participation grade for the course, so this is a great opportunity to shine at the end. To put it into context: as of now, there are 135 points currently available for participation. This assignment is worth 40 participation points. I am going to carefully read all of the feedback in this forum to evaluate the quality of the peer review. The team that scores the highest average will earn 1st place, second highest will get second place, and so on.
The best feedback will be specific and will be tailored to help the writer improve his or her draft.
May the best team win.
ABSTRACT
ReplyDeleteAnonymity is an important factor that determines how people act on the Internet by allowing them to be more open. This is especially important to the subreddit r/gonewild, where adults may post erotic images of themselves in a safe, sex positive environment. In order to study the community I looked for information that answers the question “How do different genders employ anonymity?” Interviews were conducted with posters to discover why they felt safe posting on r/gonewild and with moderators to see how they protect the posters’ identities. I attempted to contact commenters but was unsuccessful. I compared all the data I had gathered with research others have done on the subject of gender and anonymity, which discussed differences in how men and women use the Internet and the privacy it gives. I found, while both genders value anonymity equally, they use it differently when interacting on the Internet. Men use it for privacy while browsing the internet, while women use it to make connections in ways that may not be considered appropriate.
I'm fine with the introduction and methodology, but I feel like the results and conclusions are lacking something. Ask for any information you think should be included, and also check for sentences that don't make sense. Thanks
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qgPDuDdtRXMEYEwxVaAbJ-HZhgO0kGfIsulwE0h1-Qw/edit?usp=sharing
You don't have your title here, but it's "Why the Internet is for Porn"
DeleteAlso you guys should be able to comment straight onto the document if you click the highlight the part you want to comment on then hit comment, in the top right corner.
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Great job! just a few tweaks here and there. Overall, fantastic!
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Abstract
ReplyDeleteThe internet is a fickle mistress when it comes to what content is popular. Even with little monetary gain, people strive to make something that will reach the huge amount of people who regularly use the internet. But what makes something popular online? In order to research this I narrowed down from the millions of people that use the internet in general, to a cool ~1.5 million people who use the online community AskReddit. During my research, I contacted regular users, people who consistently post popular comments (power users), and moderators, in order to better understand the community and what the interviewees believe the community wants. The only way to make popular content is to appeal to the community, but how would one go about doing that? That is what I strove to answer in my paper.
AskReddit: How to be Popular with Anonymous Strangers
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f63kDp1H9lN_WdR3Uz5pAtFx-xVo5eIlBeUHclauySY/edit?usp=sharing
I'd like to rearrange parts of my essay to give it some better flow, and I'd really appreciate some advice on my conclusion, but any input would be fantastic
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yaEn5fgb6ekXG5fxs-rpVofE8aPUTpS7QwTFVwZa5vE/edit?usp=sharing
DeleteIf anything I said confused you, you can comment and ask about it.
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Jim,
DeleteYou do a very good job of introducing your discourse community in the opening paragraphs. I also think you did a good job on explaining how the internet is becoming more and more of a necessity in our daily lives. It provides good background to your community and how important it is. You make a clear research question and use evidence to support your claims. One thing I think might need work though is the ending of the essay. You summed up all of your findings, but the conclusion needs a little more to end with a bang. Overall I think you have written a strong essay, you just need to bring the end to a solid close.
Steam
ReplyDeleteSteam is an online game platform based on selling video games to gamers. Steam has forums where users across the world come together to discuss various things about gaming, varying from writing reviews for games to troubleshooting technical problems. In my essay I attempt to show that these forums have a sense of order and that all of the users have the common goal of improving the gaming community for themselves and other gamers.
My concerns are that I don’t really frame an argument, and that I do not have much evidence to support all of my statements. Also, overall I think I need to add more information to the essay.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByEGAvFypevWdEVTeDM1S1J6Z0U/view
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c_G-4IxgM3M9i8_sauKHmVmVYbTKDyaA1UUpAYDwQ90/edit?usp=sharing
DeleteIf anything I said confused you, you can comment on the document and ask about it.
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Abstract
ReplyDeleteHow is credibility built? How is it maintained? Answers can be found everywhere, but I choe to search in the Total War Forums. Total War is a real time strategy game based on historical events, from the Roman Empire to the age of the Samurai. The Forums are a place to ask for strategic advice, and this is where credibility is built. In this essay, we will discuss what forms, maintains, and ultimately destroys online credibility.
I know my paper isn't quite as big as it should be, however, I have emailed like 3 people about interviewing and I have gotten no responses yet. Most of my paper will be interview based. I will update the paper if the interviews come in. Thanks guys!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JPlmMNY73rH9TSdwrBWxJYkin5UxpC92R9-b-t8Ux-I/edit
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14weWNRUyd99JWxPBdArb_a_FNY1ELUBxrVnUbkAxDpY/edit?usp=sharing
DeleteIf you are confused by anything you can comment on the document and ask about it.
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Ryan,
DeleteYou effectively introduced your community and did a good job setting the stage for your research. You have a very good start to explaining your findings, but I think you need a little more. Once you have your interviews and input those into the essay it will be much stronger. The conclusion brings everything to a close, so good job with that. You explain how in the forums "words or phrases are shortened" and explain how it is mostly for convenience. How does this tie into your main point and overall focus of the essay? You have written a strong essay, you just need those interviews to add some bulk to the essay.
Abstract
ReplyDeleteWhisper is an app where users can anonymously post their thoughts and secrets. My paper explores the positives and negatives of this freedom, and whether or not anonymity on the internet is a good thing. For my research, I read studies and stats about online anonymity as well as conducting first-hand interviews with users who go as far to say that the app has changed their lives.
I would like to include more of my first hand interviews, but I am still conducting them so my paper is continuing to take shape. I will soon be on my way to a successful paper. Thank you guys for reading!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PSMHdB0zLzsWkbeIMsqAmDu5bRqBY3tkDSfexoiawYk/edit
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Kathryn,
DeleteThe introduction is very strong, as you explain what Whisper is and provide a personal example as to why someone might post on there. One thing you could add to the intro is a main point, or an argument. I do not really see one throughout the essay. Anonymity is a perfect lense for Whisper because it is the only reason people post secrets. You provided a ton of examples throughout your essay which really show how much people confide in this app and how much it can help people. I think your conclusion needs to be a little stronger and sum up the essay. It does make a point, it just needs a little more to summarize all of your findings and bring the essay to a close.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S86vRSZ3UspZPI8fGQbSlp8V0VTya3IwKMozBjbvHAA/edit?usp=sharing
ReplyDeleteIf you are confused by anything you can comment on the document and ask about it.