Imagine that you have a blog of your own on a topic in which you are interested. You specialize in updating your readers about the latest ideas and research on this topic. This is the context of your writing for this assignment. So, speak with some authority. And, you’re being asked to write in an engaging way that is accessible to diverse kinds of readers. So, try to avoid jargon—and make sure you clearly explain in plain language any terms you feel it necessary to use.
Blogging Rubric
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Title |
Catchy, clever title 5 points |
Great title 4 points |
Good Title 3 points |
Decent Title 2 points |
No Title 0 points |
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Abstract |
Excellent 5 points |
Great 4 points |
Good 3 points |
Average 2 points |
Missing 0 points |
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Discussion of Research |
Excellent discussion of research question, methods, and findings 15 points |
Great discussion of research question, methods, and findings. 14 points |
Good discussion of research question, methods, and findings 13 points |
Average discussion of research questions, methods, and findings 12 points |
Poor discussion of research questions, methods, and findings 11 points |
Discussion of Research methods mostly missing 10 pts |
No discussion of research methods 0 points |
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Connecting Course Materials |
Student makes excellent connections to course readings. They critically evaluated their article using class materials. 15 points |
Student makes great connections to course readings. They evaluated their article using class materials. 14 points |
Student makes good connections between their article and course readings. Connections, however, were not fully discussed. 13 points |
Student makes average connections to course material. The connections were brief or superficial 12 points |
Student makes poor connections to class material. They do not explain how their article relates to class. 11 points |
Student hardly connects with course materials at all. 10 pts |
Student makes no reference to course readings at all. 0 points |
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References |
Excellent citations in ASA style. 5 points |
Great references with few errors 4 points |
Used incorrect style or had many errors. 3 points |
Poor references. 2 points |
No references. 0 points |
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Style |
Paper is well-written, well-organized and free of errors. 5 points |
This is a great paper that could be improved with some minor adjustments 4 points |
This is a good paper that would benefit from some editing and organization. 3 points |
This is a paper that requires some heavy editing. 2 points |
This paper is full of errors, rendering it nearly unreadable 0 points |
BLOGGING ABOUT Sociology
SOC100: Introduction to Sociology (spring 2020)
Professor Tara Tober
Scenario for Assignment:
Imagine that you have a blog of your own on a topic in which you are interested. You specialize in updating your readers about the latest ideas and research on this topic. This is the context of your writing for this assignment. So, speak with some authority. And, you’re being asked to write in an engaging way that is accessible to diverse kinds of readers. So, try to avoid jargon—and make sure you clearly explain in plain language any terms you feel it necessary to use.
Preparation for this Assignment:
To complete this assignment, you need to find a research article on a topic of your choosing (but also one that is relevant to some of what you have learned in this course) using JSTOR or another database. You need to be connected to UCSB’s internet to be able to use and download articles from JSTOR. You will read the article you find in its entirety and report, in your paper, on its findings. A few notes on your article search:
1. The article should be from a scholarly (peer-reviewed) sociology journal.
2. The article must be published between 2010 and 2020 (set these years as parameters for a search).
3. To help ensure your article is an original research article, the article should be at least 12 pages and should rely on one of the research methods we discussed in class to study the topic addressed.
Assignment
Write a blog review of one recent research article exploring the factors shaping or consequences of an institution or interaction in a particular sphere of social life in which you are interested. While I’d like you to consider any topic, I’m also interested in you connecting your ideas to relevant material in the course (from lectures and readings). So, this may affect your choice of topic as well. Potential research topics might be:
· an occupational sphere that interests you (nursing, policing, social work, etc.)
· a social space that you find interesting (the gym, classrooms, urban public spaces, strip clubs, etc.)
· types of social relationships (hooking up, friendship, parenting, peer pressure, etc.)
· a specific social problem that interests you (homelessness, illegal drug use, sex work, etc.)
· a struggle during a specific life stage (like young adulthood or adolescence)
· a specific form of inequality that interests you (race, class, gender, sexuality, etc.)
Writing Guidelines
This post should be approximately 4 paragraphs in length, written engagingly in a style you might use to write to a potential employer (thus, avoid specific jargon associated with the field, and if you have to use it, make sure to explain it carefully in your own words). You should write it in a Word document. The review must include:
1. A descriptive title that will attract readers
2. A 1-2 sentence summary—clearly identified and italicized at the beginning of the paper—of the key points in your review
3. A brief overview of the research problem, research methods used, major findings and conclusions. Make sure to put this information in your own words. (*Some articles may be theoretical or ethical; in this case summarizing the problem, key logical or analytical steps and conclusions is appropriate.)
4. An evaluation of the article relying on course materials. Citing course readings at least once (and additional lecture material when relevant), critically evaluate the assumptions guiding the study, the framing of the problem, how this builds on (or contradicts) other things we’ve learned, OR the major implications of the study. *This section should be at least as long as your summary AND provide concrete evidence from the study and course in support of your claims.
5. A reference section including material cited from class in addition to a citation for the article you reviewed in ASA format.
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