For Friday, 9/6

Prep

• Little, William, and Ron McGivern. n.d. Introduction to Sociology, 1^stCanadian Edition, Ch. 2 (‘Sociological Research’), esp. Sections 2.1 (‘Approaches to Sociological Research’) and 2.2 (‘Research Methods’)
• Michael A. Caulfield, Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers (2017), Part I (‘Four Strategies and a Habit’); Part II (‘Look for Previous Work’), Chs. 4 (‘How to Use Previous Work’), 5 (‘Fact-Checking Sites’), 6 (‘Wikipedia’); Part III, Ch. 7 (‘Going Upstream to Find the Source’); Part IV (‘Reading Laterally’), Chs. 16 (‘What Reading Laterally Means’), 17 (‘Evaluating a Website or Publication’s Authority’), 18 (‘Basic Techniques: Web Domains, WHOIS’); 20 (‘Stupid Journal Tricks’); 21 (‘Finding a Journal’s Impact Factor’); 22 (‘Using Google Scholar to Evaluate Author Expertise’), 23 (‘How to Think About Research’), 24 (‘Finding High Quality Secondary Sources’), 25 (‘Choosing Your Experts First’), 26 (‘Evaluating News Sources’), 27 (‘What Makes a Trustworthy News Source?’), 28 (‘National Newspapers of Record’); Part VI (‘Field Guide’), Chs. 42 (‘Avoiding Confirmation Bias in Searches’), 44 (‘Finding Old Newspaper Articles’), and 45 (‘Using the Facebook Live Map to Find Breaking Coverage’)

In Class

1. 1. Attendance
   2. Review of Syllabus
   3. How to Submit the Semester Goals HW
   4. Ten Core Themes, cont’d
   5. Applying the Scientific Method to the Study of Human Beings
      1. Example: The Porn Myth Thesis
      2. The Scientific Method and the Research Process
   6. BREAK
   7. Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers: Four Strategies and a Habit
   8. ‘Activity: Find Top Authorities for a Subject’
   9. For Next Time

For Next Time

• HW due 9/7: Semester Goals
• William Little and Ron McGivern, Introduction to Sociology, Ch. 3 (‘Culture’)
• TBA