For Wednesday, 9/23

Prep

• Review Conley (2019), Ch. 2 (‘Methods’): ‘Research 101’
• Read Duncan Watts, ‘The Myth of Common Sense: Why The Social World Is Less Obvious Than It Seems’, Freakonomics blog (2011)

Zoom Session

1. Review of the Find Top Authorities for a Subject HW: Q&A
   • Do the best sources show up at the top of Google search results? (This question taken verbatim from Caulfield, Ch. 30)
   • If not, what does show up? Why do you think that result shows up instead? (ibid.)
2. Q&A: The Research Process

For Next Time

• Dalton Conley (2017), Ch. 3 (‘Culture and Media’): ‘Definitions of Culture’; ‘Material vs. Non-Material Culture’