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At the end of this unit, you will complete an essay roughly four to seven pages long that studies how ideas drawn from academic, clinical, or theoretical research are transformed (and sometimes distorted) by a change of form (design, genre, rhetorical modes) and context (audience, purpose, time, and so on). The content we encounter in television shows and Twitter, in newspapers and CNN, comes from somewhere. Finding the real, primary source of a fact or a research study can be a bit of an adventure. Much like the game of telephone the striking teachers play in The Simpsons, information changes as it filters through different sources. For this paper, you will select at least three texts: a primary source on a subject relevant to your discipline, and two secondary sources reporting or relying on that primary source. For example, you might observe and analyze an NPR radio segment about a recent study detailing the health benefits of avocados. You might ask some questions: How does NPR present the information? Who is their audience? You would next find the source NPR relies on and read the original study for yourself. What specific changes do you notice as the information journeys from point A to point B? After you’ve described those changes, you might then seek a third source, such as a newspaper article, that also reports on the original study. What do you notice about the form and content of this article? What’s happening to the original information? Answering these questions will get you started thinking rhetorically and will likely generate further connections and ideas. A “picture” of the relationship between the three sources might look like a forking river: B (NPR segment reporting on the original study) / / A (original study) \ \ C (newspaper article reporting on the original study) Or the “picture” might look like a chain, as if the sources themselves were playing telephone: A (original study) ? B (newspaper article reporting on the original study) ? C (NPR segment reporting on the newspaper article) To complete your essay, you will likely draw on research and knowledge beyond your three main sources, including what you have learned about rhetorical analysis in past classes and from the course texts, in order to describe your observations, consider their implications, and argue for how accurately the original research is conveyed from source to source. Not only should the subject of your project relate in some way to your discipline, you should also choose a subject that interests you. Why? This project is a chance for you to hone your observational abilities, practice critical thinking, and examine the world around you, especially with regard to the interests and practices of your particular field. You will practice effective research and ethical source work. You will work on effectively publishing and structuring a rhetorical document of your own. This assignment will primarily support three of the course learning outcomes: ? Identify and explain a problem or issue, recognize and evaluate concepts and assumptions from multiple perspectives, ask relevant questions, analyze appropriate sources, and articulate logical, well-organized, and innovative conclusions. [Core Learning Outcome: Critical Thinking] ? Organize content cohesively, use compelling language and delivery that is audience appropriate, incorporate supporting materials to establish credibility, and reinforce a memorable central message with civility. [Core Learning Outcome: Oral Communication] ? Ethically discover, evaluate, and use information to formulate and address research questions, explain how information is produced and valued in a given discipline, and share their results. [Core Learning Outcome: Information Literacy] How? There are a variety of ways to approach this assignment. For instance, after using a search engine to find a popular source that reports on research relevant to your field (like a Facebook post, or an article from a popular website, etc.), you might track backwards, by looking for clues in that source about where to find the original information. Or, you might start at the beginning, by first finding primary research about something in your major (a landmark study or a primary text), then looking for subsequent articles that have reported or cited it. When comparing primary and secondary sources, look for shifts in language, context, and purpose of the information. Keep a careful eye out for ? Changes in genre, purpose, and audience ? Factual accuracy/inaccuracy from source to source ? How genre affects the presentation of content ? Ways language and tone are altered and what that reveals about audience, purpose, context ? Information included (& the information left out) and what that all reveals ? Artistic proofs (how do authors inform their audience?) Once you’ve closely read/observed the texts, take notes of those observations—using the note-taking method that works best for you: double-entry notes, SPR3, etc. This will help you to consider why these shifts occur. What role does the audience play? What role does genre play? What context impacts or influences an author’s rhetorical choices? Write some paragraphs based on your notes that answer these questions, giving specific examples to illustrate your responses. These will comprise your earliest publishs of the material. Note: Popular Source I have found Need 2 other research studies to support