University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

University of Illinois Memes

Ruffner, Mark; McCarthy, Mark; Jenkins, Erik

Content Files
Jenkins_McCarthy_Ruffner.docx
Jenkins_McCarthy_Ruffner.m4v

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/33758

Description

Title
University of Illinois Memes
Author(s)
Ruffner, Mark; McCarthy, Mark; Jenkins, Erik
Issue Date
2012
Keyword(s)
  • Meme
  • Memes
  • Facebook
  • Administration
  • First Amendment
  • freedom of speech
  • first amendment
  • technology
  • rights
  • personal rights
Date of Ingest
2012-07-25T22:14:29Z
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.
Series/Report Name or Number
  • 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.
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
Essay
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/33758

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