Journal Entry #10

 

Rhetoric and Composition – Writing papers as a means of enacting community change

 

English Education – The effectiveness of online vs. in-class education

 

Cultural Studies – The effect of the Comix Revolution on modern cartoonists

 

Discourse Analysis – The current shift from the impersonal approach to scientific discourse to the more personal

 

5 Topics I Could Research and Write On

1.) Advertising strategies of the vodka industry

2.) Spell Check and student grammar

3.) Rhetorical strategies of graffiti

4.) Electronic pitch shifting and popular music

5.) White Zombie in a cultural context

Submitted by : (cv103@nova.edu) on : Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 12:47:43
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: STUDENT AND COURSE INFO :
Student name : Christian Vidalon
Email Address : cv103@nova.edu
Instructor : Eric Mason
Topic : Vodka Marketing Strategies (Rhetoric)
RESOURCE ONE :
Database used : ProQuest Central
Title of periodical or book : PR Newswire
Title of article: GREY GOOSE(R) Vodka Redefines a Lifestyle of Discerning Taste with New Advertising Campaign
Author : Anonymous
Full text available : yes
Bibliography : no
Citation from bibliography : :

COMP 2000 – Journal Entry 9

 

1.     What is the writer trying to find out more about through their research (what research question guides her work)?

 

How do students’ constructs of “self” reflect in school genres and how do their backgrounds, specific academic disciplines, and institutional goals affect these constructs?

 

2.     How does this author collect the data she needs to answer her question?

 

The author conducts her study at a small liberal arts college, St. Augustine College. She collects her data mainly in the form of in-classroom observations. Interviews are also used.

 

3.     What sort of genres do you see your peers using as forms of “self-representation”?

 

My peers “self-represent” using knowledgeable resistance as it fits within the framework of the sciences. Because every hypothesis, theory, and law in science is never proven as fact, there is always room for questioning. The student must knowledgeably resist these established ideas as being truths to progress within the genre.

COMP 2000 – Journal Entry 8

Answer the following questions about the cultural studies article, “4 Real: Authenticity, Performance, and Rock Music,” by David Pattie.

What is the writer trying to find out more about through their research (what research question guides his work)?
The author is trying to find out how authenticity is established among musicians as well as how audience/band connections are made.
What sort of texts or sources does the author quote from to build his argument?
The author cites music journals, journalist interviews withband members, and music related books.
In what ways do you see others around you attempting to establish their “authenticity”?
Lecturers often establish their authenticity by providing their educational qualifications. Students may establish authenticity by claiming original thought.

COMP 2000 – Journal Entry 8

Answer the following questions about the cultural studies article, “4 Real: Authenticity, Performance, and Rock Music,” by David Pattie.

What is the writer trying to find out more about through their research (what research question guides his work)?
The author is trying to find out how authenticity is established among musicians as well as how audience/band connections are made.
What sort of texts or sources does the author quote from to build his argument?
The author cites music journals, journalist interviews withband members, and music related books.
In what ways do you see others around you attempting to establish their “authenticity”?
Lecturers often establish their authenticity by providing their educational qualifications. Students may establish authenticity by claiming original thought.

COMP 2000 – Journal Entry 7

Answer the following questions about the discourse analysis article, “Professional Editing Strategies Used by Six Editors,” by Jocelyne Bisaillon.

What is the writer trying to find out more about through their research (what research question guides their work)?
· What defines revision in a professional context?
· What approach is taken by those who make their living revising—that is, professional editors? Are their resemblances between their strategies?
· How is their revision process influenced by the mandate they receive, their conception of revision, and their experience?
What is the research methodology of this article (how do they collect their information, and how do they analyze the information they collect)?
Six professional editors were grouped into two categories, most experienced and least experienced, and were filmed as they engaged in their practice. Interview data was collected retrospectively, and from this the editors were grouped into further categories depending on how they perceived revision, from a normative or communicational perspective. Several other bases for analysis were drawn upon as well.
How does professional editing differ from how students revise their own work?
Professional editors rarely have to read to understand their assignments because they essentially receive them orally via the clients. This is not the case however, with students.

Natalie Dylan

Group 3: Write as if you are a good friend of Natalie's trying to convince her with a series of text messages not to go through with the auction.

Natalie's Friend: DNT DO IT NATALIE, LOL!