New Media Glossary Challenge Example

THE GLOSSARY LAYOUT SHOULD BE:

1. Source (3 different sources should be used and one must be from the University Library)

2. “Quote”

3. Reference (Harvard)

4. How and where you found it

Font : Arial, 12.

Email it as a word document to r.gamble@worc.ac.uk

Add it as a ‘post’ on your MECS1008 blog

EXAMPLE:

Old Media

Source 1: E-Book

"Old media is arcane in terms of being historically superseded by digital media, and in being subject to distortion by the passage of time".

Kirkland, E. 2010. p. 247. In: Billias, N. (Ed.) 2010. Promoting and Producing Evil. [E-Book] Rudopi. Amsterdam, Netherlands. Available at: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TsHbw1FfQx4C&lpg=PP1&dq=Promoting%20and%20Producing%20Evil&pg=PA247#v=onepage&q&f=false [Accessed 8 February 2011]

Found online using the Advanced Search function on Google Scholar to search for the exact phrase "old media" purely within books and articles in the Socials Sciences, Arts and Humanities area. I used Google Scholar as it narrows the search to purely academic and reliable sources.

Source 2: Book

"Old media are not being displaced. Rather, their functions and status are shifted by the introduction of new technologies".

Jenkins, H. 2006. p. 14. Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide. NYU Press, New York.

Found in a library by using their in-house computer search to narrow down their vast selection of books to those on a relevant subject, and then looking specifically for those involving "old media".

Source 3: Website

"A non-derogatory term used to describe the traditional media: print, television, radio, and sometimes film."

Saila, C. 2011. Definition of Old Media. [Online] Available at: http://www.saila.com/glossary/oldmedia [Accessed 14 February 2011].

Found via a Google Search for "definition of old media". I chose this website over other online dictionary definitions of "old media" as it has an identifiable author.

Referencing Guides

Here is a great YouTube video on referencing and research methods with Mike Webb and Barbara Mitra from University of Worcester.

For written examples on how to reference using a Harvard referencing method, you can use this very useful resource, provided by Staffordshire University: http://www.staffs.ac.uk/assets/harvard_referencing_examples_tcm44-39847.pdf

Creating your Online Learning Journal

As part of this module you are expected to keep an Online Learning Journal and you will be given a task to update it each weekly between weeks 1 – 9. Your Online Learning Journal is essentially a ‘blog’. This is part of your assessment for this module, so will only be used for this purpose and kept private.

What is a blog?

• A blog is the term used for a ‘web log’, it is a type of personal website that is updated regularly and enables you to keep a log (by date) of your activities and in this case, what you are learning on this module.
• A blog is creative: you design how you want it to look and you can include text, images, web-links, videos and music, making it personal and visual.
• A blog can become part of an online community; you can share your blog with the world, just with friends or keep it private.
• A blog is a type of new media and will be an opportunity to experience new media first hand.

Aim of the Online Learning Journal

The aim of the Online Learning Journal is to have your own creative journal to collate your individual notes, reflections, web-links, research and written text over the module, which will be a valuable resource when approaching assignment 2: writing an academic essay.

Online Learning Journal Assignment

Each week you will be given a task to upload text or web-links to add to your Online Learning Journal. These will be checked each week and by week 9 you will have a minimum of five written blog posts (each 150-300 words long) and a minimum of twenty links. The deadline for the finished Online Learning Journal is 28/03/12 and this is 40% of your overall assessment in this module.

Your Online Learning Journal will be created using Blogspot – a popular blogging website, which is easy to use and make personal to you. Please follow the following guide to set up your Online Learning Journal: here referred to as a blog.

A guide to how to set up your Online Learning Journal is available in Blackboard.