ACADEMIC WRITING

ACADEMIC WRITING Some guides for master’s level students in media & communication

THEORY & PRACTICE Academic conventions & expectations Learning the disciplines in Media Studies Genres & products Writing as process Writing a dissertation

examples Daniel Chandler Gradpapers Self help books Guide 1 Guide 2 Academic writing BIBSYS

JOINING A DISCOURSE COMUNITY Modes of academic writing The master’s dissertation Learning the genre Changes in writing instruction Computers & compostion

WHERE AM I? Term papers Dissertation outlines Thesis statement Dissertation development Types of research

COMPOSITION STUDIES Background Conventions /product Developmental/ process Communication technologies Post-process

examples Computers & Composition Purdue University J. of Second Language Writing Online Univ of Minnesota Dartmouth

PROCESS & PRODUCT The position of schema The role of the writer The learning process Paradigms & perspectives Participants Resources

examples Questia Student resources

WRITING AS ACTIVITY Recursive Individual Collaborative Activities Writing today

WARNINGS Services Plagiarism

examples Term papers Dissertations Avoiding plagiarism

WRITING RESOURCES Centres Journals Books OWLs Web

examples Center for Writing Studies IL Self help & process Univ of Victoria Ohio State Univ of Madison-Wisconsin Writing the research paper

examples Proposal guidelines Proposal workshop Online grammar handbook Style manuals Purdue workshops Handbook Scholarly research & academic writing

examples Guide to writing theses Another guide! Social science thesis writing Humanities Links to academic & writing centres Writing tips for theses Academic Info site

examples KAIROS Cross journal publication Writing new media

ACADEMIC WRITING