Note on APA style for your Research Projects

After reviewing the Exercise 4 journal article review assignment, I can see that it would be helpful to offer a review of key elements of APA style, which is essential for the research and the references sections of your team projects. Learning and using proper APA style will also help you in every research paper you ever write, and make it easier to read research papers.

Purdue University has an Online APA Style Guide that is extremely helpful and easy to use, organized by the type of citation (in content versus reference section) and then is also divided into authors (single vs. multiple), books versus periodicals versus online citations, conference papers, etc. I strongly encourage you to use this online guide as you prepare your project's references section.

Two of the most common citations you'll make in your reference sections are for journal articles, and for articles retrieved/found online. Here are the models for these two common sources:

Journal article, APA style:

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages.

Harlow, H. F. (1983). Fundamentals for preparing psychology journal articles. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 55, 893-896.

Article retrieved online, APA style:

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Online Periodical, volume number(issue number if available). Retrieved from http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/

Bernstein, M. (2002). 10 tips on writing the living Web. A list apart: For people who make websites, 149. Retrieved from http://www.alistapart.com/articles/writeliving

Example of a Remix

Remixes take an original video clip and "remix" it to add value.
Some remixes start with famous videos. Michael Jackson's Thriller video, in its time a music video that advanced that genre significantly, has been remixed many different ways.

Other video clips inspire remixes for very different reasons. The original clip can be low budget, low quality or of narrow interest...but there is some aspect of the video that captures people's imagination. 

Here is an example of a video that went viral and spawned countless remixes, that began as an embarassing "camera freeze" moment during a live segment on KGW TV.





The clip was posted to YouTube, and spawned countless remixes, including this "Techno" remix which has tallied nearly a million views.



And here is the Bill Oreilly remix.

Social Media Satyrized

In our last module, we explored the wide range of uses of Social Technology, from the humorous LOLcats to uses that transform societies and overthrow governments. But it can be easy to 'glorify' the new technologies as entirely miraculous and important. A little satire can help us keep these technologies in perspective, recognizing both their positive power for change...but also that we can USE any technology to be either transforming, or merely pedestrian.

So here is "Facebook in Real Life":


And of course, "Twitter in real life":

Sam...or Prof M?

Sam the American Eagle? Or Prof M in disguise?

Important DTC 375 Class Updates, 3/5

Hello class, three quick but important class notes:

First, due to the number of students who will be absent in Pullman on 3/29 , the date for the delivery and presentation of the Research Project has been EXTENDED one week to April 5. With that, I am offering teams the OPTION to hand in their Project Plan as scheduled on 3/8 OR take up until 3/15.

Related to this final deadline change: Two consequences are the originally planned 4/5 lecture and Exercise on REMIX CULTURE will now be on 3/29; and, we will still START the discussion and process related to your individual Final Video Project as originally scheduled, to insure you have enough time for this project - so there will be an overlapping week where we will all be multi-tasking like true Digital Natives!

Second, I have uploaded the most recent lecture on Research Process and Research Methods, to aid you as you refine your research proposal and timeline.  You will find the link under LECTURES.

Finally, a few papers from the first half of the semester are still straggling in, so Mid-term grades will be distributed as soon as I have received and graded these last entries. (You should already have received all grades and feedback related to your Team Audio Project, if you did not get an email from me, please alert me ASAP.)

Regards,
Prof M