User:Beckyyy Fox/sandbox

Article Evaluation - Agenda Setting Theory

Everything In the article is relevant to the topic. I think the only thing that should be added is more relevant experiments or new tests to the theory that have been done. Tone wise, everything seems pretty neutral. The citations work clearly and there are reliable references in this scholarly article. This does not appear to be a biased article. Some people are saying that the article is biased in the talk page, but it seems like that has been fixed. Also, links have been fixed previous to me reading the article. It is part of the Start class. It is also part of the WikiProject Journalism. My question is: Have there been any new experiments in the recent years that should be added to this page?

Article Selection (Week 3 Assignment)

Communication

This article has a very good sense of notability. It is featured in many WikiProjects and it is considered a vital article. I hope to contribute more knowledge using the research I found in this scholarly journal article. What I would really like to focus on is making sure all of the links are cited correctly. A few talk discussions are asking people to check the links, and I am very handy in fact-checking.

Affect in Media and Communication Studies: Potentials and Assemblages By Brigitte Hipfl

Non-communications signals

This is the article that I am going to work on for my (upcoming) final project. It has very low notability, and practically only has one paragraph. I found it on the stubs wikipedia site, and it directly applies to what I am studying in school. I am going to help by adding journal articles to my research and expand what is already on the page about Non-Communication Signals. I would focus on how non-communication signals really started: by animals. I would explain the history of what we know about non-verbal communication and how it evolves to verbal communication overtime.There are no real expected sections of this article, so basic history and facts about how some animals communicate can be beneficial.

This will be my initial scholarly journal article to help give me a jumpstart.

Multisensory vocal communication in primates and the evolution of rhythmic speech By: Asif A.Ghazanfar

Animal communication

This article has a vey good start to it, but it is rated B-class. I help to improve it and give it notability. There is a lot of talk on the page, so I will be able to see exactly what the article needs. This article really needs work in its section of Interpretation of Animal Behavior. I also want to specifically contribute citations to the article because it is obvious that the article needs it to be legit. This will be the scholarly article I will start my research off with:

Clicks, whistles and pulses: Passive and active signal use in dolphin communication By: Denise L. Herzing

3 Quality Sources ( Week 4 assignment)

Hawkins, D. I. (1973). Model of Symbolic Communication. Journal of Advertising Research, 13(3), 33–38. Retrieved from https://libproxy.albany.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=5226200&site=eds-live&scope=site

Pigni, A. (2006). Symbolic communication and silence in an informal interpersonal helping process (extract from the filmChocolatby Lasse Hallström). Psychodynamic Practice,12(4), 453-461. doi:10.1080/14753630600940062

Savage-Rumbaugh, E., Rumbaugh, D., & Boysen, S. (1978). Symbolic Communication Between Two Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Science, 201(4356), 641-644. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/1746265

What I am working on (week 4)

Symbolic communication is exchange of messages that change a priori expectation of events. Examples of this are modern communication technology and the exchange of information amongst animals. By referring to objects and ideas not present at the time of communication, a world of possibility is opened. In humans, this process has been compounded to result in the current state of modernity. Before we dive into what symbolic communication is, we need to know the basis on what really defines a symbol. A symbol is anything one says or does to describe something, and that something can have an array of many meanings. Once the symbols are learned by a particular group, that symbol stays intact with the object.

- this is the blurb on symbolic communication that is located on wikipedia. I added the last 3 sentences last week and will write my new and added changes here:

-- I am going to add a completely new section to this article and take a look at a model of communication to help people fully understand

A Model of Symbolic Communication
Del Hawkins, a doctoral student from the University of Texas, proposed a model of communication that depicts how symbols, if responded to by an individual, can be used as a conversation. The determinants of this process are the source and the recipient, respectively. The four processes that the source performs in this model are sensing, conceiving, encoding, and transmitting. In response to these, the receiver receives, decodes, and internalizes the information. During this process, the source and receiver take turns communicating, thus letting the model flow cyclically. (See Organizational Theory) Once a symbol is known in a society, it is habitual for an individual to respond to it exactly like how they would previously. If a symbol is given that is not known in ones own society, the response will take longer. This is because the individual does not know what the symbol actually means to the source. Because the symbol may have a different meaning to the source and reciever, the individual receiving the information may take longer to process it because they need to figure out what the symbol may mean. They may use context clues or existing knowledge in their head to help. Week 6 Assignment: Responding to Peer Review

I did not receive a peer review from one of my classmates, but I did receive very crucial information in regards to the page that I am working on by Shalor, the Wikipedia Education Instructor. Here is the list of things that I am going to takeaway from what she said, and use to help me complete my page:


 * 1) I need secondary, independent sources for all biographies. In my article, I have a biography, and I need to find a source that proves what the author said about himself
 * 2) I need to write in a better wikipedia-like style. I have said that I have struggled with this before, so this comment was no surprise to me. I need to re-read and figure out how to word sentences in a way that is unbiased.

Week 7:

In my final wiki, I wrote under the headings of Symbolic Communication, Models of Communication, and Children. I have not touched the Animal Societies category, for it is not my work. You can find what I've written here