Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Emmanuel College/Introduction to Communication and Media Studies (Spring 2022)

This course provides students with an introduction to the ways that the media we consume everyday influences, and is influenced by, social identities, politics, economics, regulation, and technology. We cover several major industries, from radio to video games, examining the history and evolution of each industry, as well as contemporary issues related to privacy, information, and social behavior.

A big part of this course is grounded in questioning &quot;Who controls the media?&quot; in various contexts. In asking you all this to answer this question, we're going to be building your media literacy, a skill set that you will sharpen through a Wikipedia editing assignment. You will be tasked with selecting an article on a media-related topic and evaluating the quality of information presented, as well as citations provided, and then asked to edit that article to enhance its accuracy or effectiveness.

Week 2
Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.

Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resources:


 * Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
 * Evaluating Wikipedia

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 6
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 8
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Cultural Anthropology

Films

LGBT+ Studies

Psychology

Sociology

Women's Studies

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 9
Guiding framework

Week 10
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Week 11
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.

Resources:


 * Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
 * Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Week 12
Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the &quot;mainspace.&quot;

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 13
Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.

Week 14
It's the final week to develop your article.


 * Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
 * Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.