Notes from today, and reading/blogging homework for Wednesday, October 10

Today we discussed plagiarism, and perhaps raised many more questions than answers. Here are screenshots of the results of the in-class cell phone poll:

Next week we’ll discuss copyright and fair use, and briefly revisit Open Access. For next Wednesday 10/10, please read Center for Social Media, Code of Best Practices for Media Literacy Education; the “Code” and “Principles” sections only. View the following 3 videos: Lessig, Laws that Choke Creativity
Faden, A Fair(y) Use Tale
Grey, Copyright: F0rever Less One Day
Your blogging assignment is one reading/viewing response blog post.

Slides from today, including the sample research topics and examples of research questions, are available here. Please get in touch if you have questions about the research topic proposal assignment, which is due at the beginning of class on Wednesday, October 24.

Enjoy the long weekend!

~Prof. Leonard

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