User talk:Prof.bgreg/Mass communication

Response to Shalor
Hi Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk):

Thanks so much for your extensive comments on our work on the mass communication article, including your comments on the article overall and the various sections.

For the assignment, as the primary source the class used our textbook Pavlik Converging Media: A New Introduction to Mass Communication. The students selected their topics from the ones covered in the textbook and created new sub-sections under the section “Types of mass communication” that was in the Mass Communication article. During class, I copied the content from the live article and each student began researching and writing their sections here, on our course sandbox page.

The goal was to have each student choose a topic and create a sub-section under the “Types of mass communication” in our course sandbox. Using the textbook along with one peer-reviewed journal article as sources, the students then wrote one paragraph in their sub-sections. Afterwards, a few students then began to revise the grammar and punctuation in other parts of the article. For the most part, the students work focused on their individual sub-sections.

Is there a way that the class could post our work to the article, as it is today? The students have done some great work, students in future semesters can build upon. It would be great if our class could have their work live on the Mass Communication page.

Thanks so much for all your help!

Prof.bgreg (talk) 17:10, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I would recommend against it, as there's just so much that needs to be done to improve this and there's a strong chance that this may get reverted by another editor. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:26, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk): I'd like there be some happy medium. The students worked really hard on the project this semester and the other times that I've this class and the Wikipedia project, the students have been able to see their results of their work in Wikipedia on the live pages.  While I completely understand that there are improvements that need to be made, is there any of their work that can be posted so that the students can have something to show for their efforts this semester? Best, Prof.bgreg (talk) 14:46, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
 * A colleague and I reviewed this just now and here's what we thought: the section on audio media should be left out, as it's off topic. The catfishing section is also off topic, as there's nothing there that specifically ties it to mass communications. There are also two photography sections, which needs to be fixed. There also needs to be checked over for grammar and general copy-editing.
 * If these are fixed, the students could post their work live. Part of the reason for my concern here has been that we (Wiki Education) is obligated to do any clean-up work that needs to be done, so if the community sees the work as unhelpful it may be that the edits have to get reverted and it's often expected that I be the one that does them. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:55, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk): Completely understand. I can make a few edits and will remove those sections.  The students began to do general copy-editing and grammar on the page but were not able to do much work outside of the individual sections they worked on.  If just do copy-editing on their sections and not other parts of the article that were untouched, will this by okay? Prof.bgreg (talk) 15:03, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
 * It's perfectly OK to not copy-edit the sections they didn't work on, especially since I know that time is at a premium right now. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:08, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk): I edited the "Types of mass communication" section that my class worked on. In particular, I fixed the two photography sections and also edited the recording and radio sections to tie them more to mass communication.  I also tried to tie the catfishing section (under social media) to mass communication.  Please take a look at the edits I made and let me know if it is okay to post this section or if there are other revisions to be made.  When I post, I'll make sure to post to the Talk page for the Mass Communication article that this work is for a class.  Thanks for all your help!  Prof.bgreg (talk) 21:37, 12 December 2018 (UTC)