2021
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Wikipedia Article-- Reflection of editing process & Circulation
Remember my last topic was "school journalism"...... That was a tough one because although journalism is a big topic, school journalism hasn't been well-developed as an independent branch. Even I then looked into student newspaper and student publication, I was still struggling with finding enough specific sources... Most important, it isn't my true interest. (I was trying to research on "morality & responsibility of journalism during wartime" at first, but after I realized my teacher required it to be relevant to college, I changed it into school journalism. ) And now the good news is, my new topic is "mental health in education" ! As researching in my interest field, it wasn't hard for me to compose the framework and subtopics that I want to research on and add into my Wikipedia article in my head. First, I read through the whole existed page to know which information has already been written by previous editors. ...
Academic vs. Wikipedia Text-- Circulation Comparison
How do they get shared? Wikipedia : - It has free access for people globally. - Has its information transmits online -- only on the Wikipedia website, even the hyperlinks all direct people to other Wikipedia webpages. - For its (formal--as audiences can trace for reliable sources, and indirect--doesn't send audiences to the other text by one click like hyperlinks) interaction with other texts, Wikipedia articles only have a "References" corner (some pages call it "Notes") at the bottom of the article, which lists out all of the sources used in the text. Academic : -Some academic articles are free, but others need an account or special identity (membership, etc.) -Information presents in online database, ...
Academic vs. Wikipedia writing-- Genre Comparison
-- this is an essay about genre comparison for Professor Gatten's English-1010 @uconn. My topic of the last project is about student journalism which in one of the most well-known formats as the school newspaper. This essay will look into a specific case of negative influence started by student journalists in history that lead to intense social turmoil in worldwide by using one Wikipedia source and one academic source, as well as comparing the different expression in each genre. As the scholarly article is discussing a particular topic extends from the event--to demonstrate the author's in-depth argument about this topic and primarily serves ideas for other researchers in the same or related fields. the Wikipedia page functions more like an overall review of the event-- to help unprofessional public knows what happened during then in an impersonal tone. "The Muhammad cartoons controversy" Event Background In September 2005, a Danish newspaper called...
