Using sources Rhetlab

Read the following passage: Although most people are confident that they could not be fooled by a fake news article, research shows evidence to the contrary. Economists Hunt Allcott and Matthew Gentzkow conducted an experiment to see if people believed fake articles that the researchers had created themselves. They called these articles "placebo" fake news articles. They surveyed people and asked them if they could recall seeing the article in question reported or discussed prior to the election. The researchers found that some participants claimed they had heard the "placebo" articles mentioned during the election season. However, the study also indicated that "most widely circulated hoaxes were seen by only a small fraction of Americans" (Crawford). Despite the narrow viewership of fake news articles, they do have the power to influence at least some readers' beliefs and possibly influence those readers' actions. Where does the writer transition to using a source?

Although most people are confident that they could not be fooled by a fake news article, research shows evidence to the contrary.

Read the passage below and answer the following questions about using sources appropriately. In the article, "The Loneliness of the Interconnected", Charles Seife argues that people are becoming more and more isolated in our increasingly interconnected world and, furthermore, that bits and pieces of our delicate mental structure are withered away as we increasingly rely on the internet as our source of information. According to Seife, this mental decay leaves us with some opinions "as firm as bedrock, and just as difficult to remove" (290).As an example of this phenomenon, Seife describes how, in the 1950s, psychologist Leon Festinger sought to research the point at which this crisis occurs. He contacted a woman by the name of Dorothy Martin who was the leader of a small cult in Chicago. Martin believed that she was writing letters under the command of Clarion, a distant planet. She had concrete belief that Chicago would be wiped out and that the United States would be submerged underwater from a great flood on the morning of December 21, 1955. Her salvation? A spaceman, assumed to be a Clarion, would visit Dorothy and her followers hours before the disaster, whisking them away on a spaceship to safety. This bizarre and radical belief was only strengthened when the calamity never arose. The cult members convinced themselves that the Clarions managed to stop the destruction from happening (Seife 290-91). This type of herd mentality and definition of self convinces people to drink poisoned Kool-Aid. Which of the following is an example of paraphrase?

As an example of this phenomenon, Seife describes how, in the 1950s, psychologist Leon Festinger sought to research the point at which this crisis occurs. He contacted a woman by the name of Dorothy Martin who was the leader of a small cult in Chicago. Martin believed that she was writing letters under the command of Clarion, a distant planet. She had concrete belief that Chicago would be wiped out and that the United States would be submerged underwater from a great flood on the morning of December 21, 1955. Her salvation? A spaceman, assumed to be a Clarion, would visit Dorothy and her followers hours before the disaster, whisking them away on a spaceship to safety. This bizarre and radical belief was only strengthened when the calamity never arose. The cult members convinced themselves that the Clarions managed to stop the destruction from happening (Seife 290-91).

Which of the following is an appropriate use of summary?

As part of your research paper, you are writing an annotated bibliography of 5 sources. Each of your sources is between 15 and 20 pages, and you write five sentences for each one that describe the author's key points.

What is the correct revision of the following incorrect citation? David Beer, Roger Burros. (Sept. 2007) Sociology and, of, and in Web 2.0.: Some Initial Considerations. Vol. 12 "Sociological Research Online," issue 5.

Beer, David & Roger Burrows. "Sociology and, of, and in Web 2.0: Some Initial Considerations." Sociological Research Online, vol. 12, issue 5, September 2007, n.p.

Which citation has the year of publication in the correct position?

Bolter, Jay David & Richard Grusin. Remediation: Understanding New Media. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1999.

Including reference information which helps the reader easily find the source is an example of:

Citation demonstrating the trustworthiness of the writer.

Read the following passage: Although most people are confident that they could not be fooled by a fake news article, research shows evidence to the contrary. Economists Hunt Allcott and Matthew Gentzkow conducted an experiment to see if people believed fake articles that the researchers had created themselves. They called these articles "placebo" fake news articles. They surveyed people and asked them if they could recall seeing the article in question reported or discussed prior to the election. The researchers found that some participants claimed they had heard the "placebo" articles mentioned during the election season. However, the study also indicated that "most widely circulated hoaxes were seen by only a small fraction of Americans" (Crawford). Despite the narrow viewership of fake news articles, they do have the power to influence at least some readers' beliefs and possibly influence those readers' actions. Which part of the passage explains the relevance of the source to the writer's thesis?

Despite the narrow viewership of fake news articles, they do have the power to influence at least some readers' beliefs and possibly influence those readers' actions.

Does the citation below have an error? If so, how does the error take away from the meaning of the citation? Hopmann, David N., et al. "Contagious Media Effects: How Media use and Exposure to Game-Framed News Influence Media Trust." EBSCOhost, vol. 18, no. 6, 2015., pp. 776.

EBSCOHost is the name of a database, not a journal. Journal articles can be accessed by many different databases, but without the title of the journal, a reader may have a hard time finding the original article.

Integrating statistics from the National Institutes of Health about the high teenage pregnancy rate into a paragraph arguing for greater access to birth control is an example of:

Evidence adding to the argument's persuasiveness

True or False: The order of the information in this citation is incorrect:Beer, David and Roger Burrows. "Sociology and, of, and in Web 2.0: Some Initial Considerations." Sociological Research Online, vol. 12, issue 5, September 2007, n.p.

False

Read the following passage: Although most people are confident that they could not be fooled by a fake news article, research shows evidence to the contrary. Economists Hunt Allcott and Matthew Gentzkow conducted an experiment to see if people believed fake articles that the researchers had created themselves. They called these articles "placebo" fake news articles. They surveyed people and asked them if they could recall seeing the article in question reported or discussed prior to the election. The researchers found that some participants claimed they had heard the "placebo" articles mentioned during the election season. However, the study also indicated that "most widely circulated hoaxes were seen by only a small fraction of Americans" (Crawford). Despite the narrow viewership of fake news articles, they do have the power to influence at least some readers' beliefs and possibly influence those readers' actions. Which of the following contains signal phrase?

However, the study also indicated that "most widely circulated hoaxes were seen by only a small fraction of Americans."

What citation is in the correct order?

Hudson-Smith, Andrew, Michael Batty, Andrew Crooks, and Richard Milton. "Mapping for the Masses: Accessing Web 2.0 Through Crowdsourcing." Social Science Computer Review, 27, 2009, pp. 524-538.

Read the passage below and answer the following questions about using sources appropriately. In the article, "The Loneliness of the Interconnected", Charles Seife argues that people are becoming more and more isolated in our increasingly interconnected world and, furthermore, that bits and pieces of our delicate mental structure are withered away as we increasingly rely on the internet as our source of information. According to Selfe, this mental decay leaves us with some opinions "as firm as bedrock, and just as difficult to remove" (290). As an example of this phenomenon, Seife describes how, in the 1950s, psychologist Leon Festinger sought to research the point at which this crisis occurs. He contacted a woman by the name of Dorothy Martin who was the leader of a small cult in Chicago. Martin believed that she was writing letters under the command of Clarion, a distant planet. She had concrete belief that Chicago would be wiped out and that the United States would be submerged underwater from a great flood on the morning of December 21, 1955. Her salvation? A spaceman, assumed to be a Clarion, would visit Dorothy and her followers hours before the disaster, whisking them away on a spaceship to safety. This bizarre and radical belief was only strengthened when the calamity never arose. The cult members convinced themselves that the Clarions managed to stop the destruction from happening (Seife 290-91). This type of herd mentality and definition of self convinces people to drink poisoned Kool-Aid. Which of the following is an example of summary?

In the article, "The Loneliness of the Interconnected", Charles Seife argues that people are becoming more and more isolated in our increasingly interconnected world and, furthermore, that bits and pieces of our delicate mental structure are withered away as we increasingly rely on the internet as our source of information.

Which of the following is a good paraphrase of the following passage? "The third feature that distinguishes mathematical from ordinary language, one which causes enormous difficulties for students, is its precision. Ordinary speech is full of ambiguities, innuendoes, hidden agendas, and unspoken cultural assumptions" (Jameson 47)."

Its precision distinguishes mathematical language from everyday conversation. This feature is very challenging to students. Everyday conversation is full of nuance, metaphor, bias, and cultural assumption, while mathematical language avoids these.

Effective integration of source material builds credibility in each of the following ways except:

Length of the source material adds to the word count.

A classmate comes to you for advice on an essay she has written. The instructor told her to revise the paper and use fewer direct quotations in the next draft. However, your classmate doesn't want to lose the details from the source she is citing. You advise her to:

Paraphrase and cite the significant parts of the article.

Explaining how the source material supports the writer's point is an example of:

Relevance of the source to the writer's argument.

Which citation mistakenly lists the database an article was found in instead of the journal?

Robbins, Michael. "Paul Muldoon's Covert Operations." Academic Search Premier, vol. 109, no. 2, 2011, pp. 266-99.

Including a source's credentials, such as Harvard Distinguished Professor, in the first reference to a source is an example of:

Signal phrase highlighting the reputation and qualifications of the source.

Effective integration of source material builds credibility in each of the following ways except:

Source material is substituted for the writer's arguments

Which citation lists unnecessary, time-sensitive information that could make a citation incorrect at a later date?

Starr, Virginia. (University of Mississippi). "Saving the Nation: A research study of rural outreach programs." Journal of Philanthropy in the American South, vol. 15, no. 1, 1977. pp. 41-67.

What is the best advice you could offer your classmate for paraphrasing the following quote? "There are surprisingly few methods of causing something to move. With a couple of exceptions, everything starts out going around and around, and then that circular motion gets turned into some other path as needed. That being said, there is often some other thing you might want your robot to do that isn't, strictly speaking, movement related, and all that goes into actuation" (Geiger).

Start by putting the thesis into your own words; then list out the main ideas from the quote. Use quotation marks and cite the source if you borrow any phrasing. Expect your paraphrase to be about as long as the original.

Does the citation below have an error? If so, how does the error take away from the meaning of the citation? Professor of Economics, Rhodes University, Snow, Jen. "Why Art and Culture Contribute More to an Economy than Growth and Jobs." The Conversation. N.p., 19 Jan. 2016. Web. 28 Oct. 2016.

The error is in the author's name. The author's title, Professor of Economics at Rhodes University, should not appear in the Works Cited entry. The author's name should appear first in the entry because that ensures that the source is easily searchable. In addition, knowing the author's title may not be relevant as, for instance, the author may have moved on to a new position.

Does the citation below have an error? If so, how does the error take away from the meaning of the citation? "Do Citizens (not Police Officers) with Guns Ever Stop Mass Shootings?" The Washington Post., n.d. Web. 03 Nov. 2016.

The error is n.d., signifying "no date." The Washington Post is a daily newspaper, and newspaper articles will always be associated with a date. The date of publication is important in news articles because they are time-sensitive.

Read the following passage: Although most people are confident that they could not be fooled by a fake news article, research shows evidence to the contrary. Economists Hunt Allcott and Matthew Gentzkow conducted an experiment to see if people believed fake articles that the researchers had created themselves. They called these articles "placebo" fake news articles. They surveyed people and asked them if they could recall seeing the article in question reported or discussed prior to the election. The researchers found that some participants claimed they had heard the "placebo" articles mentioned during the election season. However, the study also indicated that "most widely circulated hoaxes were seen by only a small fraction of Americans" (Crawford). Despite the narrow viewership of fake news articles, they do have the power to influence at least some readers' beliefs and possibly influence those readers' actions. Consider the following passage and determine what role it plays: "Despite the narrow viewership of fake news articles, they do have the power to influence at least some readers' beliefs and possibly influence those readers' actions."

The passage explains the relevance of the source to the writer's thesis.

Identify the error in the following citation: Jay David Bolter and Richard Grusin. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1999.

The word order of the author's name should be "Bolter, Jay David."

Read the following passage and choose from the options below: In the article, "The Loneliness of the Interconnected", Charles Seife argues that people are becoming more and more isolated in our increasingly interconnected world and, furthermore, that bits and pieces of our delicate mental structure are withered away as we increasingly rely on the internet as our source of information.

This is an example of a summary

Read the following passage and choose from the options below: According to Seife, this mental decay leaves us with some opinions "as firm as bedrock, and just as difficult to remove" (290).

This is an example of direct quotation

Read the following passage and a paraphrase of it. How would you evaluate the paraphrase? Original: "There is, in fact, a nearly universally accepted logical and rhetorical structure to mathematical exposition. For over two millennia serious mathematics has been presented following a format of definition-theorem-proof. Euclid's Elements from circa 300 BC codified this mode of presentation which, with minor variations in style, is still used today in journal articles and advanced texts" (Jamison 46)" Paraphrase: Mathematical exposition has a galactically believed rhetorical and logical foundation. For over two thousand years, difficult mathematics has been shown to adhere to a format of definition-theorem-proof. Euclid wrote Elements in 300 BC and talked about this method of math that math professors still write about these days in academic research. (Jamison 46)

This is not a good paraphrase. It follows the word order of the original source too closely and merely changes the author's words to their synonyms. The paraphrase is actually less clear than the original text.

A signal phrase differs from evidence because it introduces the evidence and highlights the source's reputation and qualifications.

True

One way effective integration of source material builds credibility is by demonstrating the relevance of the material to the writer's argument.

True

One way effective integration of source material builds credibility is by including a signal phrase.

True

One way effective integration of source material builds credibility is by providing evidence to support the writer's argument.

True

Read the following passage: Although most people are confident that they could not be fooled by a fake news article, research shows evidence to the contrary. Economists Hunt Allcott and Matthew Gentzkow conducted an experiment to see if people believed fake articles that the researchers had created themselves. They called these articles "placebo" fake news articles. They surveyed people and asked them if they could recall seeing the article in question reported or discussed prior to the election. The researchers found that some participants claimed they had heard the "placebo" articles mentioned during the election season. However, the study also indicated that "most widely circulated hoaxes were seen by only a small fraction of Americans" (Crawford). Despite the narrow viewership of fake news articles, they do have the power to influence at least some readers' beliefs and possibly influence those readers' actions. Consider the first sentence: "Although most people are confident that they could not be fooled by a fake news article, research shows evidence to the contrary." This sentence serves as a(n)

transition and introduction to the source