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I strongly agree that I can have credible information in my research because I need to know if the source is reliable or not. I also know that I need to have credible information with my draft and it follows the prompt for my final. I also know how to use reliable sources to have that backup my claims. I also know how to use sources that tie into my papers and put them in my drafts. I learned a lot this semester on how to do certain things to improve my writing and this will help me in my career of being a sports journalist.

1. I have all my information that I need to write this research paper. I also have good sources from MP2 to use for MP3. I also have all the appropriate sources that I need for this paper.
2. Get my interview finished but need further instruction on how to do it.
3. My concerns with this research is that not having enough research to do my interview.
4. The research that has gone well for MP3 is that I have all my sources that describes my discourse community. I learned a lot about my research in MP2 and I plan to use that in MP3. I also learned that Melzer and Johns were good sources to use for my MP3. I also have scholarly sources to use in MP3 that I found doing my MP2. This part of the research has gone well because I have all my information for MP3 using research from MP2. I have sources from ESPN and Houston Chronicle describing my job and my community of being a student manager. I also learned a lot from this research because I learned what other schools do within their student managers in this research.

The Ole Miss Men’s basketball managers have a Twitter account that helps keep the fans updated with our Manager Games and the actual Men’s basketball team. The Twitter profile helps the Ole Miss community informed about what time the games are, what TV station the games are on and what uniform the team will wear. The Ole Miss managers do a good job with relaying the information to the fans on the Twitter account. The main reason for our twitter account is to keep all university students, alumni, and fans updated about our program. The Twitter account also helps with information about how the managers react after big plays and wins at games. Our managers page consists of a lot of Pathos and Logos with us persuading about people tuning into games and the emotional standpoint of winning and losing games. When we win games our Twitter would say “Great Win”! When we lose the profile will just tweet the final score of the game. In our community of managers we will always keep a positive attitude.

Reading Journal

 

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Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page	Putting Ethnographic Writing in Context Seth Kahn
Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words	Kahn brought up great ways to do ethnographic writing by doing 5 steps. The first step was prewriting. Prewriting helps you form your draft and get your ideas for research. The second step was that you had to get your introductions/consent forms. This helps you give more information and how you do interviews. The third step was getting your interviews and asking your interviewees the questions you will ask. The fourth step is the journal step. This step will help you write your ideas and interviews and form it into your rough draft. The last and final step is your revising and editing. This step will help you get your thoughts together and make any changes you need to make for your final draft.
Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author.	I never knew what ethnographic writing was until I read this journal by Kahn. Now I have a full understanding of what ethnographic writing is and how important it is to our writing.
How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?	This writing connects to Johns because it explains how to use the discourse community into the ethnographic paper by using interviews and connecting it to our writing.
Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion.

 

Dear Mr. G,

My information that is most important for this draft is that my research from MP 1 because that is how I am going to do my interview. I will write some questions to ask my interviewee and get those answers. My process for working on this essay is that I used my research for my discourse community with the basketball team and use that for my essay. I used what I knew from basketball and how I got this position as a student manager for the team and used that to plan my essay. The steps I went through was that I first wrote my rough draft and then I read over my peer reviews and made the changes like making a second connection to my discourse community. Third, I wrote my final draft for MP 1.

1. My information that is most important for this draft is that my research from MP 1 because that is how I am going to do my interview. I will write some questions to ask my interviewee and get those answers.
2. Certain information needs to be left out because you can’t have too much information to have in your draft because it will become vague. Having too much information will already answer your question without your interviewee even answering it. I made these decisions by reading my peer reviews, and teacher comments of my rough draft.
3. First, I had to decide what I was going to do my discourse community on and that was working with the Ole Miss men ‘s basketball team. Second, I explained how my connection got me into this position and how I interviewed. Last and final step of the research process was that I wrote about what I do for the team and explained how I am going to do my interview.
4. I made a lot of biases and assumptions within my research and I learned a lot of new things being a part of the Men’s basketball team. I also learned how to work with coaches, players, and Graduate assistants.

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Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page	Introduction to Primary Research: Observations, Surveys, and Interviews by Dana Lynn Driscoll
Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words	In Driscoll’s journal of primary research I learned how important research is and to do it the right way. Driscoll states that research is different from field to field. For example engineering majors have to do all kinds of research for their projects. Also she expresses in the beginning of the article that research is very important to start a project, interview, or podcast. Research is also important so you can value your information and back up your information in your research. Driscoll also states that all research must include observations because we need to observe what we are searching.
Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author.	I found a lot of new terms when it comes to primary research. Those terms are: Voluntary Participation, Confidentiality and anonymity and Researcher bias. Voluntary participation is that you have to get permission to do your research. Confidentiality and anonymity means that your peers could have inappropriate words in your research and you need to make sure you don’t have that. Researcher bias is that you have to be taking notes from the data you collect.
How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?	This article connects me to Johns because Johns gave great ways on how to do research.
Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion.

 

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Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page	Assessing Source Credibility for Crafting a Well-Informed Argument; Kate Warrington, Natasha Kovalyova, and Cindy King
Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words	King states that we should always start with research into crafting a well-informed argument. They also state that we should use evidence to back up our research in our papers. They also state a great example using ASPCA as an emotional appeal to our papers and it helped me have a better understanding of assessing the source bias. They also express how to evaluate the argument by the author’s support of the argument. This journal gives you the exact steps to write a good argument and use good research in our essays. We all need to know how to do an analysis and research essays and I’m glad to read this journal.
Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author.	Having research papers is much more than research, you have to have conversations with what you are writing and have to take the time to get it done. I also learned that research papers have to have strong evidence to what you are researching.
How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?	This article connects me to Johns and Melzer because they both give strategies on how to write good essays.
Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion.

 

Reading Journal

In Giles’ Journal I saw great ways to do reflective writing. The first way was how to structure a letter and how to do it professionally. Second, I saw how to write a good reflective essay and how to write it in good detail. These skills are very important in good writing because you can become better at writing with detail. Also Giles expresses that she wrote a letter and gave her points of detail to back up the letter. She also claims that she would like us to follow her steps into writing a good formatted letter. This is important because writing a good letter can get you places you want to go.

 

Some new terms I saw that were new to me was how to format a reflective essay paper. Giles gave some good advice about writing a reflective paper and how important it is into our writing.
How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?

This article connects me to Johns’ article because it talks about writing good reflective papers and how it’s important in our writing.
Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion.

The first paper I read about the S.P.I.T. organization was a good detailed paper. The strongest aspects of that paper was the organization of the paper. Another strong aspect of the paper was the quotes from Dirk that was used to backup his claim. I also saw spaced out paragraphs which was good and good detail in the Interview. A weak aspect I read was in the third paragraph during the interview where the writer says that it will be in Houston. I found this part weak because the writer needs to write the city and the state. In the second paper I saw a lot more weak aspects than strong. The first weak aspect I saw was the structure of the paper, the details did not flow well with the paper. I saw some good quotes but the quotes did not backup the organization when they were used in the paper. A strong aspect I saw was the conclusion in the second paper it was great and it backed up the thesis.