AssignmentTwoQuestions&Concerns

After completing the voice recordings and reviewing the assignment sheet, list at least three
questions or concerns that you have about Assignment Two. Besure toputyournamenextto
each one of your questions/concerns so I can give you credit for your work. Useful questions
will demonstrate that youhavereviewedboththevoicerecordingsandtheassignmentsheet. If
you find that you have a question that is a repeat of someone elsesthat is perfectly fine, but
DO NOT SIMPLY COPY AND PASTE ANOTHER STUDENTS WORK! You need to be sure
yourquestionsarewritteninyourownwordsandsentencepatterns.

HerearemyquestionsaboutAssignmentTwo
Hereismyplaceholderexamplequestionwithmynameattached.(AshlynW.)
In what instances would it be okay to use I in theresearchportionof assignmenttwo?
(LeenoraA)Canbeusedthroughout.
I am doing my assignment on the figured world of illegal street racing in Fast and
Furious. WouldIgetmyresearchfromarticlesdescribingillegalstreetracingingeneral,
or articles about illegal street racing within the Fast and Furious series? (Leenora A)
Eitherworks.
as far as the structure of the paper, are we sticking to the standard intro, body, and
conclusion, or something totally different? (Ken K) It is something slightly different than
thestandardessaystructure.refertoAshlynsdetaileddrawing.
do we need sources put in MLA format, or is there another style you had in mind?(Ken
K)Whateverstyleyourintendedmajorprefers.
Inthefirstvoicerecording youmentionedusingthedefinitionsassubtopics,dowe need
to tie these in with our thesis?(Ken K) Do not use them as subtopics, but as section
headers.
Since we can't use Google, where do we find our sources? Google scholar, NPR.org,
Youtube(butonlyexperts),andacademicdatabase.(val)
What is the point that we are going to be trying to prove in the paper? Do we state our
opinion and try to prove our opinion ordowestateouropinionlook atalltheothersides
and say how we see both sides? Youpick athesisandconcludewhatyoulearn.(Linkal
E)
If you dont want us to use google how are we going to find 8 to 12 credible sources
dealingwithourtopic?Linkstodifferentdatabases.(LinkalE)
What if a source before 2000 was a primary source. Youcannotchangehistorysothat
source would always be crediblewouldntit?(JesseH.)havetoconsultmebeforeusing
it.
How many times can we use the same source ifthesourcehassignificantlycontributed
toyourtopic?(JesseH.)oncenomorethantwice.
Could yougointomoredetailonhowthisrelatestothewixwebsite. Iknowyousaidthe
textbook we are creating is going on there, but could you go overwhatelseandwhen
theyshouldbeuploaded.(MorganB.)Theresourceswillbeembeddedontowix.

For the resources and and entering the conversation can we combine those two since
entering the conversation addresses those sources? (Morgan B.)We are filling in the
gaps,notdirectlyaddressingtheresources.
Areblogpostsreputablesources?(MorganB.)Generallyno,butcheckwithAshlyn.
What if the source(s) Iwanttouseformy paperis(are) arenotverypopular?Likeablog
post?(RadhaP.)Ashlynwouldhavetoseetheblogpost.
Is there once central theme or idea, about our topic of interest, that we should be
discussing throughout our paper? (Radha P.) Depending on your topic ofinterest,there
maybemultipleideastodiscuss.
Where do our sources need to come from? (Adam B.) google scholar, npr and other
crediblesourceslikethese.NOGOOGLESEARCH
Ifwefeel morecomfortableusing transitionalstatementstoend paragraphcouldwejust
do that or is it mandatory to use section headers? (Cayla M.) We do have to use
headers,butwestillcancloseoutourparagraphswithtransitionalstatements
With the sourcesthatwefind,doweusetheirquotesand thenelaborateoffofwhatthey
are saying or do we say what we have to say and then present a quote that backs up
what we say in our paper? (Cayla M.) Allowedonedirectquotation.Everythingelsehas
to be paraphrased. Summarize what others have said in Lit. Review section then
contributeownthoughtsintheEnteringConversationsection.
So with summarizing our sources, is that just giving a summarization of what they are
saying and notusinganyquotes?(CaylaM.) Abletouseonequoteonly.Summarization
ofeverythingelse.
Is the 20002500 an at least at most guideline? or is it okay if we go over this?
(SerenityS.)Itisjustanatleast,youcanofcoursegoover.
Where could we find thesereputable sources?Doyouknowofanyreallygreatwebsites
that could help us? Links will be given npr, google scholar, and other credible sources.
(SerenityS.)
How should we structure this paper? (Adam B) No summary. Stay kind of broad but a
littlespecific.Litreview.Endinawaythatpeoplecanaddontoyourtopic.
What additional sources/ websites could we use instead of Google? Google scholar,
NPR.org,youtube,oranyothercrediblesources(BenH.)
Should our paper focus mostly what we observedinourfiguredworld?orthesubjectas
a whole? Either works, if there is enough datayoucantakefromtheworlditselfthando
that, but if you want to add research from the topic as a whole or related things to that
topictomakeitmoreinterestingthandoit!(BenH.)
Are we going to need legit citations? If so can we usecitationmakersandgobackand
check to make sure the citation maker is correct? ( Adam B) Yes andyesmakesureto
usethecitationthatgoeswithyourmajor
Do we only have to use electronic sources for our topic of interest? We can use actual
hardcopybooks(VeronicaG.)
Up to how many video sources could we use for this assignment? No more than two
(VeronicaG.)

Arethesectionheadersourdefinitions?Andwilltherebemorenewdefinitions?(Kristina
H.) The section headers are not definitions but ifweincludeapreviouswordwedefined
wewillneedtoincludethedefinitionafteritinparentheses
Are we supposed to picka sideinourtextbookorkeepitcompletelyunbiased?(Kristina
H.)Our textbook can not be completely unbiased but there is a specific section in the
textbookwewillputouropinion.
Is our online portfolio the same as our textbook? (Kristina H.) a portion of the online
portfolioisourtextbookbutitsnotthesame
In our paper, is the purpose to focus onanissuethatispresentedinthetopicwechose
and with the research weve done for our topic use it as evidence to either
support/oppose the issue? (MacKenzie Goodwin) (Question is worded weirdly) But
overall, the purpose of Assignment 2 is to focus on an issue that was presented in the
research that youve done. For example, I observed the GossipGirlseriesandanissue
that was present was social media. So, in my paper I can talk about the issue and do
researchonitandusemyobservationsfromAssignment1asmysourcesandevidence.
Overall, arewenotallowedtouseanyinternetsearchsiteslikeGoogle,Wikipedia,Bing,
etc.? (MacKenzie Goodwin) Youre not allowed to usethesewebsearches.Use instead
GoogleScholarsoracademicdatabases,etc.
Alargeportionofmyfiguredworldis
based on WWII history, are sources about that history written before 2000
acceptable?(Amalia S.) Ashlynhastoapprovethatsourcefirst,butifusedneedstobea
verysmallportionofwhatyourpaperisabout.
Canwedefinewordsinthefooterofapage?(BrandonB.)
Istheconversationofinterestwithinourfiguredworldoraboutour figuredworld? (Taylor
C.)Theconversationofinterestcanbefromeitherwithinoroutsidethefiguredworld.
In the voice recordings you said we were going to use what others said about our
conversation of interest to push the research forward and I was wondering ifthismeant
our sources would include sites such as blogs or review pages to find others views on
our conversation of interest? (Taylor C.) Depends ontheblogbutmostofthetimeblogs
arenotacceptablecrediblesources.
Does our conversation of interest have to be a controversial topic pertaining to our
figured world or can it be a smaller issue involvedinabiggerissue?(TaylorC.)Doesnt
havetobecontroversialatall.
How do we determine whether or not a source is credible? Do they all have to be
scholarly sources? (Jenni T.) Verify the credentials for the person who wrote the article
especiallywhenusingasourcefromYouTube.
What are some suggestions for credible sources? (Jenni T.) Google Scholar, NPR,
academicdatabases,YouTube(originalsource)
In which part of our paper do we answer the questions: What conversations are most
useful in our figured world, how can our figured worlds accepted communication
strategies impact other spheres, and what new knowledge have we gained? (Kaci M.)
Enteringtheconversation

Even though you want more up to date resources could we still use ones from thepast
tocompareandcontrast?(KaciM.)Depends,askAshlynfirst
How are we supposed to format this, should it be like a 5 paragraph paper(Intro, 3
Bodies, Conclusion? No, Allowing us to use our own thoughts where we can add
something new, keep anIntroandConclusionbutinthemiddleparagraphsusewhatwe
talkedaboutinclass.(JackByrne)
Where can I find out what my majors appropriate format for citations are? APA for
business(JackByrne)
Allthoseresearchoutcomeshavetoberelevanttoeachothers?(Kim)
Can I put the appreciative criticism as a part of research from experts about the movie
whatwasusedinmywork?(Kim)
Based on the Background/Introduction portionofguidelines:When talkingabout another
character from our figured world are we writing an overview about their life or a certain
aspect of their life? (Jenni T.) Audience may be fans ofthisparticularshoworsomeone
completelyunfamiliarwithit.
HerearemyconcernsaboutAssignmentTwo
Hereismyplaceholderexamplequestionwithmynameattached.(AshlynW.)
How often will we be working on this together as a class? There will be three in class
writingdaysbutshe'sworkingonfour.(val)
I'm confused on how we are supposed to set up our paper, do weneedtohaveitlikea
regular research paper with 5 paragraphs? Reference the board for an example of how
tosetupyourpaper.(val)
You said that if we can't incorporate the vocabulary words into we need to make them
headings and write about them, can you go over that and how it should look on our
paper? The vocabulary words are not supposed to be defined in your paper unlessyou
incorporateitinasentence.Buttheyaretheheadings.(val)
is there a page limit or expectation number? Thereis a2000to2500wordminimumbut
nolimit.(Val)
I am concerned about finding a topic to discuss in the paper dealing with my topic in
assignment. There arent many controversial problems dealing with my topic. Topic
doesnthavetobecontroversial.(LinkalE)
I am confused about addressing the projecttowardaspecificcharacter.Doesthismean
making the research about alargepartof theirlife/experiences,orfocusingonthemain
issues they face in the figured worldandhowthatreflectstotoday?(AmaliaS.)Itdoesnt
havetobethisway,butyoucan,theexampleiscenteredsherlockthough
I am kindof concernedabouthow Iwillbeabletofind10 crediblesourceswithoutusing
google.(RyanP).WeareallowedtouseGooglescholar,NPRoryoutubewithexperts
You said our 810 sources must be from the year 2000 and onward, what shouldIdoif
the 3 National Championship games I observed took place in the 1990s.. (Ryan Parr).
Stuffshouldbewrittenaboutthesegamessincethe1990s,Icanusethose.
isthewordcountalimitoraminimum?(JesseH.)minimum
I am not sure that I amgraspingtheconceptofjoiningtheconversationespeciallywith
my topic of interest, could you please give me some more examples, in addition to the

ones that you described in the recordings, that could help meunderstandthisareaabit
better? (Radha P.) There are many ways in which one can join the conversation. You
can choose a topic that could be very broadorspecificcommonlydiscussedornotthat
often. It all depends on your topic of interest. If additional clarification is needed, email
Ashlyn.
If we for some reason dont have the paper in the correct format through and through,
how big of a grade deduction will we receive? (Serenity S.) She gave us the format
guidelines.
Should i filter my paper due to the controversial topic my show is about? no not
necessarily,ifthatiswhatyourtopicis,don'tfilterit,toanextentatleast.(BenH.)
I amconcernedwithnotfinding enoughsourcesforwhatevertopicIchoosetotalkabout
in my paper and having to change it. Thats why we are working backwards, by finding
thesourcesfirstthencomingupwithourresearchtopic.(VeronicaG.)
One ofmybiggestconcernsisthatit thefirst voicerecordingyouweretalkingabouthow
we will be usingourdefinitions(inAssignment1)askindoflikesubtopicsinourpapers.
This really confused me because I really dont know how to make sure I appropriately
include it in my paper. (MacKenzie Goodwin) The definitions wont be sub topics, but
theywillbemorelikesectionheadersinourpapers.
I am fairly concerned that it is going to be difficult for me to include Iin apaper.Ithas
really been pushed never to do this tosoundprofessionalandcohesive.(AmaliaS.)You
dont have to use I in your paper, but there will be places where it is appropriate touse
this.theexamplewouldbeAshlybeingamother,statingthatforpotentialbiases.
I'mconcernedaboutgettingofftopic.(BrandonB.)
I'mconcernedmy"readinglist"won'tbeasbigasIneeditto.(BrandonB.)
Im concerned that the topic I choose within my figured world will still be very broad.
(KaciM.)Eventhoughitisbroad,thereisstillawaytonarrowitdown
Im Concerned that finding sources that relate to my figured world will be very
challenging. (Jack Byrne) Lots of different interests among other fraternities that I can
lookatonmoreofabroadbase.