OVERVIEW
Last week, you were asked to consider which flawed or harmful arguments have had an impact on our culture and are of interest to you. This week, you will lay out how you intend to conduct your research.
DUE WEDNESDAY 10/13 BY 11:59 PM
After reviewing section 2.23 on research methods, lay out how you intend to go about locating useful and relevant sources. Where might you look? What sort of media (texts, video, scholarship, and so on) might you seek, and what exactly will you be looking for in those sources? What sort of analysis and argument might you hope to construct from those sources? What will you do should you discover sources that challenge your own assumptions about the topic?
DUE SUNDAY 10/17 BY 11:59 PM
What advice can you offer 2 of your classmates regarding the research process that they have laid out? Where might they look for information or rhetoric? What analysis do you think is crucial to include in any paper addressing the topic they are researching? (For this week’s post, you can wait for Canvas to assign you two classmates to respond to, or you can select your own.)
You are welcome to post your responses as 2-4 minute videos or audio statements rather than written text, if you prefer. You can use the native client in Canvas to do so
.Typically, academic research is conducted by reviewing articles found on library databases, such as the Grossmont College Library website database, which is located at https://www.grossmont.edu/library/index.php (Links to an external site.) (I recommend that you bookmark this page.)
However, academic research is often conducted in other ways and places, too.
Scientists and statisticians often talk to people to collect information.
Scientists conduct experiments to discover knowledge.
Academics read books, both fiction and nonfiction, as well as articles published in periodicals and on websites.
Websites that end in .edu are typically institutions of higher learning, and the information found therein is usually peer-reviewed.
Websites that end in .gov or .mil belong to governments and military sources from local to federal, and typically outline official policies, procedures, and information.
Websites that end in .com (and the much rarer .net these days) are commercial and exist to interact with customers.
- Websites that end in .org are usually non-profits and charities, and will include information about those activities.
- Any of these websites can contain rhetoric, knowledge, or both.
- Videos, interviews, radio programs, films, and other multimedia sources can be useful primary or secondary sources of information.
POST 1
I will start by using the library resource page. The research page has always helped me find really credible sources while doing research papers. So I would assume it would help me even more with this. Then depending on what i find I will also go and look up witnesses opinions on the matter. Hearing someone’s idea of the facts and fiction behind the conspiracy theory. I am leaning more towards the Holocaust Denial so I am hoping to find more info on why people on in denial of it. Also how this affects people’s lives. I am hoping that there will not a lot of info about people being against it but if there is I will figure it out and judge both sides fairly.
POST 2
I am doing my arguments about the vaccine mandates for school children. my main pieces of evidence will come from scientific research and experiments that have been proven correct numerous times. I will also be using statistics about the effectiveness of vaccines and my sources will include the World Health Organization and the CDC. I will show the reliability of the vaccines using websites such as HistoryOfVaccines.Org. My main analysis goal is to show that vaccines have been proven effective for many decades and having them become a mandate will be a benefit to not only kids, but the adults as well. If I find any evidence that goes against my assumption, I will try to refute it using other reliable resources.
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