Note: This is a student project from a course affiliated with the Ethnography of the University Initiative. EUI supports faculty development of courses in which students conduct original research on their university, and encourages students to think about colleges and universities in relation to their communities and within larger national and global contexts.
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application/octet-stream  Jenkins_McCarthy_Ruffner.m4v (28MB) | Video Project | Unknown |
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application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document  Jenkins_McCarthy_Ruffner.docx (579kB) | Synthesis Essay | Microsoft Word 2007 |
Description
| Title: | University of Illinois Memes |
| Author(s): | Ruffner, Mark; McCarthy, Mark; Jenkins, Erik |
| Subject(s): | Meme
Memes Administration First Amendment freedom of speech first amendment technology rights personal rights |
| Abstract: | In this project we explore the fight between student's rights versus school rights. It is exemplified by the fight of the University of Illinois Meme's page and the University of Illinois's Student Senate. We explore the precedents, legalities, and technicalities of this case in this paper. |
| Issue Date: | 2012 |
| Course / Semester: | RHET 105, Spring 2012 Instructor, Cody Caudill Rhetoric 105/Principles of Composition introduces students to the practices of research-based writing for academic audiences, such as formulating a researchable question, locating sources, constructing an argument, drafting, revising, and editing. This course uses writing, reading, observing, and critical thinking to develop scholarly curiosity. To do this, instructors focus on: deepening research skills, developing students’ abilities to read and respond to difficult texts, and, most importantly, helping students through the writing process in a social, collaborative, revision-focused environment. This particular section of Rhetoric 105 was focused around the theme of “Exploring Student Communities at the University of Illinois.” The assignments and discussions asked students to explore their own experiences as students and consider how various student communities shape our campus culture and identities as students. Over the course of the semester students formulated research questions about a particular campus community and answered them by doing semester-long ethnographic research (observations, interviews, archive analysis, and surveys), including a short video presentation. The kinds of writing studies and conducted were formulated around reflections on these communities. |
| Genre: | Video Essay |
| Type: | Text Video |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/33758 |
| Publication Status: | unpublished |
| Peer Reviewed: | not peer reviewed |
| Date Available in IDEALS: | 2012-07-25 |
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Multimedia Projects - Ethnography of the University Initiative
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Technology and Student Life
This collection appreciates and investigates the meanings and impact of new technologies on students' social lives, learning, and group formation.