Agenda for Thursday
1. Library instruction/information literacy session with Assistant Professor Deng Pan, Head of Technical Services at Mason Library and our library liaison for A Blog of One’s Own. To understand LC #’s see http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco, and to review the information cycle see http://www.libraireis.psu.edu/instruction/infocycle.html http://www.lias.psu.edu/instruction/infocycle/infocycle.html.
1. Discuss readings, interviews with Ayelet Waldman and Arianna Huffington
“A Weblog Saved My Life Last Night: Waldman says the blogosphere provides “a way for women to experience social community that I think has been really rejuvenating, particularly for women that are not working or are not working full-time.” What is it about blogs that makes this possible? Why is it necessary? What other social groups do you think you might find supportive communities for on the web? How might you find these communities? (Waldman has found many for women at infertility blogs and an expecting mothers’ email list.
“Punching Holes in Faded Mirrors” Explain why Huffington considers relentlessness and a pit-bull necessary. What is the nature of the attention-deficit that Huffington thinks the mainstream media suffers from? In what ways is the Huffington Post a marriage of old and new?
3. Peer Review of “ball park” paragraph peer draft
HW 12 and 13 handout distributed, which also has HW 14 and HW 15 on the back. You can get the handout on the “Documents for ITW 101” page.
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