Com 249 Theory Presentations

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Com 249 Theory Presentations
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TEAMS
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Team Project

• Annotated Bibliography
• An annotated bibliography due October 5.
  Annotations are short explanations of a source.
  Annotated bibliographies must contain at least
  two peer reviewed sources (meaning they come from
  a refereed, scholarly journal or a scholarly
  book). You may need more sources. This assignment
  must be written in APA 6th edition format and
  will not receive credit if written in other
  formats. Grading will consider GSP, APA style,
  and quality of annotations. Each team member
  will receive an individual grade on the annotated
  bibliography assignment.

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Bibliography

• A bibliography
• A list of research sources (books, journals,
  websites, periodicals, etc.)
• Sometimes called "references" or "works cited"
  depending on the style format you are using.
• Includes the bibliographic information (i.e., the
  author, title, publisher, etc.).
• An annotation is a summary and/or evaluation.

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Annotation

• An annotated bibliography includes a summary of
  each of the sources.
• When Summarizing, annotations may do one or more
  of the following
• What are the main arguments?
• What is the point of this book or article?
• What topics are covered?
• If someone asked what this article/book is about,
  what would you say?
• Need 4 to 5 sentences per source
• Good Rule of Thumb
• 2 to 4 sentences to summarize the main idea(s) of
  the item, and
• 1 or 2 sentences to relate the material to your
  research topic and/or to evaluate the material.

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Format

• Basic APA Style Format for an Annotated
  Bibliography
• Format your citations in the same manner as for a
  normal reference list, then follow these
  instructions for adding an annotation.
• Double space the entire bibliography, including
  within the citations and annotations.
• The annotation is indented as a block, 2
  additional spaces. The right margin is the
  normal right margin of your document.

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Cover page

• Annotated Bibliography for Name of Theory
• Group Members Names
• Date

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Annotated Bibliography Rubric25 Points

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• Followed APA 6th Edition citation style (includes
  grammar, spelling, and punctuation) 15 pts
• Quality of Annotations 10 pts

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Theory Project

• Your team will put together a presentation to
  deliver to the class about one Mass Communication
  Theory. The presentation should cover three main
  sections
• background and critiques of the theory
• communication research using this theory (both
  recent and seminal studies)
• a case study where you apply your theory to a
  specific modern medium (e.g. you would examine a
  specific website as opposed to the entire
  Internet).

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Theory Project

• This project will be assessed in three different
  ways.
• Oral presentation (60 points) Presentations
  will be assessed based on organization, delivery,
  and integration of PowerPoint/Video/Graphics.
  Each team member will receive the same point
  total for this portion.
• Outline (20 points) Each team must turn in an
  outline for the theory presentation. You must
  include a reference list with this outline. Each
  team member will receive the same point total for
  this portion.
• Team Member Evaluation (20 points) Team members
  will have the opportunity to evaluate the other
  team members and him/herself. This point total
  will differ for each team member.