Discussion
Topic: Interview a dozen young people about their digital lives. Choose a theme for your questions such as bullying, distractedness, digital divides, information seeking or credibility. In a discussion post, review your findings and put them into conversation with the wider research literature.
Social Media's Impact on Communication
Discussion Post Assignment Directions
Discussion Posts: Throughout the course you are responsible for writing a regular discussion post related to the week's topic question posted. Posts should provide theoretically informed analysis, interpretation, or original reporting/research about the issues discussed. Your task is to goes beyond descriptive daily journalism (what happened) to become more analytical (why and with what consequence). The strongest posts will connect with the readings in the class and academic literature, and have some topical angle that frames the post. Your work is expected to be part of the wider discussion taking place online and should link to and engage with writings on other discussion posts.
You are free to write using your own voice but you should maintain the rigor expected of professional written analysis.
You will have 5 posts that are each worth 20 points Analyze the object according to requirements for the week.
• Make a connection to the readings, videos or recordings for the week.
• Posts will be made in the Canvas discussion forum.
• Each post should be at least 3 paragraphs (500 words) in length.
• You must respond to at least 2 other student post.
• Complete your post during the scheduled availability period outlined in the syllabus.