BLOG 22 Work in Progress
I will be conducting my interview this Saturday, As soon as am able to post my data I will share my findings on my blog.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Monday, November 26, 2012
BLOG 21
I have learned a few things I will need to improve and try and work on since completing my short analysis, which will help me with my Research Project. I hope to be able to improve all of these aspects.
I have learned a few things I will need to improve and try and work on since completing my short analysis, which will help me with my Research Project. I hope to be able to improve all of these aspects.
- Have more focus on particular topic, rather than jumping all around
- When I quote, I need to open up the quote then explain more why I chose this particular quote.
- I want to have more headings to introduce each section
- be able to flow my paper with more a sequence
- Stronger organization
Saturday, November 17, 2012
BLOG 20
1. What are the strengths your writing for the introduction? What do you need to work on?
What are the strengths of your writing for the review of the literature? What do you need to work on?
2. What is the research problem identified in your introduction? How do you point out what your research project will contribute toward resolving this "problem"? In other words, what have you written about the importance of your project for writing studies?
3. What have other researchers found out about your topic that is relevant to your research project?
4. How do you connect findings from question 3 to the purpose of your project?
5. What is your plan for finishing/revising your introduction and literature review?
6. What feedback do you want from me?
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
1. I feel like my introduction has some strengths, I do feel, though, that it can always be improved, possibly adding some additional information and what I am going to discuss, i have some difficulty getting the main idea across in the appropriate way. The literature review was a bit difficult for me, I was not sure if I did this in the correct manner. I tried to add some information that I felt was relevant to my topic, and added particular quotes followed by my explanation
2. The research problem identified in my introduction is text messaging and the affects on relationships. I point out the affects of texting on your family and friends, I have added some quotes that appear to be of importance to my topic, I will try to incorporate important ideas and problem solving that relates to my topic.
3, Other researchers have found that "initially intended for purely commercial purposes, text messaging is in fact yet another example of how the human need for social intercourse- a kind of communication imperative, bends and ultimately co-opts technology to suit its own ends" ( Thurlow & Brown )
4. I connect these findings to the idea of my topic, and how particularly my generation is completely connected to mobile devices, and in some ways cannot "function" without them. We use them to connect to the internet and to also connect to our family and friends, therefore losing that "intimate" one on one connection you would normally get simply speaking to someone face to face.
5. I hope to add some more information to my literature review, I want to provide some more quotes and information from my resources that connect to my topic. I want to feel more confident in this aspect of my paper, then all else will hopefully fall into place as i move forward.
6. The feedback I would like would be to be sure I am heading in the right direction, also to understand more clearly what I should take out or add to my introduction.
1. What are the strengths your writing for the introduction? What do you need to work on?
What are the strengths of your writing for the review of the literature? What do you need to work on?
2. What is the research problem identified in your introduction? How do you point out what your research project will contribute toward resolving this "problem"? In other words, what have you written about the importance of your project for writing studies?
3. What have other researchers found out about your topic that is relevant to your research project?
4. How do you connect findings from question 3 to the purpose of your project?
5. What is your plan for finishing/revising your introduction and literature review?
6. What feedback do you want from me?
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
1. I feel like my introduction has some strengths, I do feel, though, that it can always be improved, possibly adding some additional information and what I am going to discuss, i have some difficulty getting the main idea across in the appropriate way. The literature review was a bit difficult for me, I was not sure if I did this in the correct manner. I tried to add some information that I felt was relevant to my topic, and added particular quotes followed by my explanation
2. The research problem identified in my introduction is text messaging and the affects on relationships. I point out the affects of texting on your family and friends, I have added some quotes that appear to be of importance to my topic, I will try to incorporate important ideas and problem solving that relates to my topic.
3, Other researchers have found that "initially intended for purely commercial purposes, text messaging is in fact yet another example of how the human need for social intercourse- a kind of communication imperative, bends and ultimately co-opts technology to suit its own ends" ( Thurlow & Brown )
4. I connect these findings to the idea of my topic, and how particularly my generation is completely connected to mobile devices, and in some ways cannot "function" without them. We use them to connect to the internet and to also connect to our family and friends, therefore losing that "intimate" one on one connection you would normally get simply speaking to someone face to face.
5. I hope to add some more information to my literature review, I want to provide some more quotes and information from my resources that connect to my topic. I want to feel more confident in this aspect of my paper, then all else will hopefully fall into place as i move forward.
6. The feedback I would like would be to be sure I am heading in the right direction, also to understand more clearly what I should take out or add to my introduction.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
BLOG 19
Introduction
and Literacy Review
Introduction
In the times we live in today we are
so reliable on our cell phone as a means of connection to the outside world.
Especially when it comes to text messaging, whether it is our family or friends,
we always seem to be glued to our phones. With this being said I am going to
explore the effects texting has on relationships, this involving family and
friends, and even personal relationships.
I will discuss the negative and positive aspects of text messaging and
also include other research that I have found important in regards to my
subject matter. I hope to engage my subject to entertain my questions to the
fullest extent that can be made, in hopes of revealing the information I need
to gather to answer my questions. With the research I am conducting I hope to
find what is lost in translation through texting.
Literature Review
In “Generation Txt? The
sociolinguistics of young people’s text-messaging” ( Thurlow & Brown
revised), one of my sources for this research project, they discuss something
that I found to be quite interesting. “Initially
intended for purely commercial purposes, text-messaging is in fact yet another
example of how the human need for social intercourse- a kind of ‘communication imperative’
– bends and ultimately co-opts technology to suit its own ends”. This going to
show the need for text message to be used as a connection to the human race
from one person to another, text messaging is a somewhat easy way to talk to
someone in a quick and shorten matter, or to even avoid any type of interaction
or confrontation.
“Language is always multifunctional
and always dependent on context for its meaning. As such, it was not always
possible to be certain of the meaning of some participants’ messages and even
less so the communicative intent with which they were sent” ( Thurlow & Brown).
Going along with this idea, text messaging certainly loses its meaning in
translation, while you can be sending a particular text with a certain point in
mind, the person on the other end may take this message in a completely
different way. This is a large part of my research and what I hope to gain more
knowledge of through the subject I am interviewing.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
BLOG 17
Interview Protocol
Research Question: How can texting afffect relationships?
Basic Questions:
What is your name?
Age?
Where did you grow up?
How many years have you had a cell phone?
What kind of cell phones have you had/have?
Interview Questions:
* Who is affected by your texting the most?
* How long have you been texting with your friends/family?
* Have you ever had your words twisted or taken the wrong way in a text message?
* Do you feel texting verses face to face conversation has affected any of your relationships?
* What do you like better about texting verses face to face talk?
* positives and negatives
* Can you think of any situations that have came about due to texting?
* Anyone in particular you text the most?
* Anyone in particular you DO NOT text?
* Have any of your personal relationships been affected by a particular text, explain?
* Do you feel you word things in a particular way when you text certain people?
* Do you feel texting affects your family, who may be older, and not text?
* What types of text messages lose their meaning in translation the most?
Interview Protocol
Research Question: How can texting afffect relationships?
Basic Questions:
What is your name?
Age?
Where did you grow up?
How many years have you had a cell phone?
What kind of cell phones have you had/have?
Interview Questions:
* Who is affected by your texting the most?
* How long have you been texting with your friends/family?
* Have you ever had your words twisted or taken the wrong way in a text message?
* Do you feel texting verses face to face conversation has affected any of your relationships?
* What do you like better about texting verses face to face talk?
* positives and negatives
* Can you think of any situations that have came about due to texting?
* Anyone in particular you text the most?
* Anyone in particular you DO NOT text?
* Have any of your personal relationships been affected by a particular text, explain?
* Do you feel you word things in a particular way when you text certain people?
* Do you feel texting affects your family, who may be older, and not text?
* What types of text messages lose their meaning in translation the most?
Monday, October 22, 2012
BLOG 14
I chose to analyze the first set of Shaggy Dog stories (first set) for my short analysis, posing the question, how do they make the reader laugh?
In The Shaggy Dog stories we are forced to look for the “meaning” of them, it seems as thought we cannot just accept that they are simply for our enjoyment perhaps. The readers/audience always seems to be looking for more at first, before they get to the actual punch line of the story. The play on words plays a large part in these stories, without that feature the stories would be difficult to understand and a lot less entertaining. In some instances, you much know the particular “quote” in order to completely understand the story. With the Panda story being an example of confusion to me and having no connection to this particular story/ joke I did not find this one to make me laugh. In other cases of the Shaggy Dog stories we see transliteration, when the first letter of the actual punch line may be switched with another word to complete the joke, I.e. from the Snake called Nate story we see the punch line at the end, :”it was better Nate than lever”. Punch lines like these are what make the reader laugh, especially if they have a connection to the quote.
I had someone read this set of Shaggy Dog stories I was analyzing to gather some feedback on what made him or her laugh while reading these. They stated that in the beginning of each of the stories they were confused and thought it was boring until they got to the punch line or until they came to a line they had some connection to. In a few cases, especially the “Friar” and “Panda” story, they had to re-read them before they could get the complete gist of it. Some of the stories start out as if you are reading something serious or a real life story, then all of a sudden you are hit with the punch line and/or play on words, which is a great approach for the reader to truly enjoy the story, everyone always enjoy a happy or fun ending to a story.
Some of the codes and categories that I found to be resourceful and noticeable throughout these stories was the play on words, jokes, must know particular quotes, punch lines. I’ve found that if the reader is not familiar with the particular punch line, they will not be completely entertained by these stories, for example if you never heard the song “chestnuts roasting on an open fire“, you would not find the last Shaggy Dog story to be funny. Being that these stories are short, there is certainly enough time to analyze each line and pick what is truly funny or not funny at all to you.
Overall, I feel that the stories are funny, and they are meant for just that, as readers we are continuously looking for something more or some type of purpose to what we are reading. These are the types of stories that have no real purpose, but to make the reader laugh and to entertain without making them work hard to get the meaning. As not only readers, but as students we are always taught to look deeper into things, but for once with these types of short stories we can sit back and enjoy them, while also finding the particular punch and play on words as we go along, which capture our attention and thus make us laugh.
I chose to analyze the first set of Shaggy Dog stories (first set) for my short analysis, posing the question, how do they make the reader laugh?
In The Shaggy Dog stories we are forced to look for the “meaning” of them, it seems as thought we cannot just accept that they are simply for our enjoyment perhaps. The readers/audience always seems to be looking for more at first, before they get to the actual punch line of the story. The play on words plays a large part in these stories, without that feature the stories would be difficult to understand and a lot less entertaining. In some instances, you much know the particular “quote” in order to completely understand the story. With the Panda story being an example of confusion to me and having no connection to this particular story/ joke I did not find this one to make me laugh. In other cases of the Shaggy Dog stories we see transliteration, when the first letter of the actual punch line may be switched with another word to complete the joke, I.e. from the Snake called Nate story we see the punch line at the end, :”it was better Nate than lever”. Punch lines like these are what make the reader laugh, especially if they have a connection to the quote.
I had someone read this set of Shaggy Dog stories I was analyzing to gather some feedback on what made him or her laugh while reading these. They stated that in the beginning of each of the stories they were confused and thought it was boring until they got to the punch line or until they came to a line they had some connection to. In a few cases, especially the “Friar” and “Panda” story, they had to re-read them before they could get the complete gist of it. Some of the stories start out as if you are reading something serious or a real life story, then all of a sudden you are hit with the punch line and/or play on words, which is a great approach for the reader to truly enjoy the story, everyone always enjoy a happy or fun ending to a story.
Some of the codes and categories that I found to be resourceful and noticeable throughout these stories was the play on words, jokes, must know particular quotes, punch lines. I’ve found that if the reader is not familiar with the particular punch line, they will not be completely entertained by these stories, for example if you never heard the song “chestnuts roasting on an open fire“, you would not find the last Shaggy Dog story to be funny. Being that these stories are short, there is certainly enough time to analyze each line and pick what is truly funny or not funny at all to you.
Overall, I feel that the stories are funny, and they are meant for just that, as readers we are continuously looking for something more or some type of purpose to what we are reading. These are the types of stories that have no real purpose, but to make the reader laugh and to entertain without making them work hard to get the meaning. As not only readers, but as students we are always taught to look deeper into things, but for once with these types of short stories we can sit back and enjoy them, while also finding the particular punch and play on words as we go along, which capture our attention and thus make us laugh.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
BLOG 13
Gee
Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 were very informative for me, I was able to learn a few new terms while familiarizing myself with terms and definitions I have already learned about in other courses.
I found a few things interesting and feel that I can connect these terms and ideas to my research paper, the "tool" social language is something that interests me, studying the different languages, and identities in settings is something that interests me.
Another "tool" that caught my eye was Intertextuality, is something also that may relate to my research paper, "when we speak or write, our words often allude to or relate to, in some fashion other texts , where other people have said or written". This is something that I found to be interesting and was not quite familiar with until I read Gee's chapter.
Gee
Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 were very informative for me, I was able to learn a few new terms while familiarizing myself with terms and definitions I have already learned about in other courses.
I found a few things interesting and feel that I can connect these terms and ideas to my research paper, the "tool" social language is something that interests me, studying the different languages, and identities in settings is something that interests me.
Another "tool" that caught my eye was Intertextuality, is something also that may relate to my research paper, "when we speak or write, our words often allude to or relate to, in some fashion other texts , where other people have said or written". This is something that I found to be interesting and was not quite familiar with until I read Gee's chapter.
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