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assignment
Write a brief analysis and evaluation of one of the following articles from chapter 4, "What Will Be the Future of the Internet?", of The Internet: Opposing Viewpoints:
- "The Internet Will Empower Individuals" (pp. 154-161)
- "The Internet Will Empower Corporations" (pp. 163-170)
- Dillard and Hennard, "The Internet Will Give Rise to Virtual Nations" (pp. 172-178)
- Coates, "The Internet Will Become a More Pervasive Part of Daily Life" (pp. 180-187)
Here are your goals for this analysis and evaluation essay:
- to interpret accurately how the author(s) achieve(s) his/her/their effect
- to describe the important components of the reading source and to show how these components work to create an effect
- to evaluate critically the source by examining the author's/authors' use of evidence, arguments etc.
In other words, you want to explain what the writer's or writers' thesis is and evaluate how the writer makes his/her/their arguments convincing to readers. That is, for this assignment do NOT give your own opinions on the issue(s) discussed in the article.
Also, do NOT include any of the following in your essay:
- information from the "Chapter Preface" for chapter 4 nor from any of the introductory pages for the individual articles, i.e., p. 153 for "The Internet Will Empower Individuals," p. 162 for "The Internet Will Empower Corporations," p. 171 for Dillard and Hennard and p. 179 for Coates
- material inserted in the articles from other articles, i.e., the passage from Jel on p. 157 of "The Internet Will Empower Individuals," the cartoon by Corbett on p. 166 of "The Internet Will Empower Corporations," the passage from Weissberg on p. 176 of Dillard and Hennard and the table from Madden on p. 183 of Coates
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documentation
Supply at least once in the body of your essay the full title of the article you are analyzing and evaluating. The title of the article should be in quotation marks with the first letter of each content word capitalized; just follow the form in which the titles of all the articles are given in the bulleted list after the first paragraph of the assignment section above. On subsequent references to the article in your essay, follow APA style guidelines as illustrated by the examples below:
- if you are doing "The Internet Will Empower Individuals":
According to "Empower Individuals" (2005), studies cannot prove . . .
- if you are doing "The Internet Will Empower Corporations":
The biggest problem with "Empower Corporations" (2005) is that . . .
- if you are doing Dillard and Hennard:
In their article, Dillard and Hennard (2005) fail to demonstrate . . .
- if you are doing Coates:
However, Coates (2005) illustrates through examples . . .
If you include a quotation from the article, document it in accordance with APA guidelines for in-text parenthetical citations:
- if you are doing "The Internet Will Empower Individuals":
. . . that "will stretch the adaptive abilities of western democracies to their limit" ("Empower Individuals," 2005, p. 161). These tendencies . . .
. . . that "Empower Individuals" (2005) states "will stretch the adaptive abilities of western democracies to their limit" (p. 161) but the article . . .
- if you are doing "The Internet Will Empower Corporations":
. . . claims, "the law now forces us to regulate first, and innovate later" ("Empower Corporations," 2005, p. 168) and furthermore . . .
. . . article "Empower Corporations" (2005) claims, "the law now forces us to regulate first, and innovate later" (p. 168). The passage . . .
- if you are doing Dillard and Hennard:
. . . that a virtual nation "will be as easy to start in Bangalore as it is in Sunnyvale" (Dillard & Hennard, 2005, p. 175). In the . . .
. . . Dillard and Hennard (2005) state that a virtual nation "will be as easy to start in Bangalore as it is in Sunnyvale" (p. 175), but on the other . . .
- if you are doing Coates:
. . . predicts that it "will steadily change our ideas of grammar, syntax, and vocabulary" (Coates, 2005, p. 186) and also . . .
. . . Coates (2005) predicts that it "will steadily change our ideas of grammar, syntax, and vocabulary" (p. 186). Indeed, . . .
And note the special format if more than one page, i.e., a range of pages, are given in the parenthetical citation:
. . . claims "strategic planning more feasible, flexible, and practical" (pp. 183-184).
. . . that they could "even act as rogue nations" (Dillard & Hennard, 2005, pp. 175-176) . . .
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submission
Provide an original title for your analysis/evaluation essay, and submit your essay at the end of class in one of these two ways:
- You can compose the essay with a word processor on the computer you're sitting at and then save the essay file, with just your first and last names making up the file name (e.g., JohnSmith), somewhere on the computer or to your U: drive on the campus network. Then go into our WriteSpace Component, and under the Lessons tab click on the "Submit your in-class essay here." link, and then on that page follow the steps under "Your instructions:" to submit your essay file to me through WriteSpace.
- If you are writing the essay on your computer, you don't need to double-space your text, put a header with your name at the top of the essay, nor use any other special formatting for your text including indenting your paragraphs (you can separate each paragraph by a blank line).
- You can write the essay by hand with a pen in the blue Examination Booklet that I will provide you, and then hand in the booklet to me when you're done.
- If you are writing the essay by hand, please double-space your text and write just your name in the space provided on the cover of the Examination Booklet.
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evaluation
Your essay will be graded based on the following checklist:
Rhetorical Purpose: 20 points
- analyzes the source's objectives while indicating thesis, theme, or main idea of the source (4)
- analyzes how the reading source achieves its objectives (4)
- summarizes the pertinent points in the source (4)
- indicates the writer's position with regard to the source (4)
- uses evidence from the source to support effectively the writer's interpretation and/or evaluation of the reading source (4)
Attention to Audience: 20 points
- illuminates a significant subject for a clearly defined audience (4)
- provides necessary background information on the topic (4)
- supplies background information on sources, including author(s) and title (4)
- distinguishes personal ideas from those of the sources (4)
- tailors diction and sentence structure to audience and purpose (4)
Use of Source Material: 20 points
- supplies necessary documentation in APA format (7)
- includes appropriate amount of summary, paraphrase and/or quotation (7)
- weaves in source material smoothly (6)
Structure of Essay: 20 points
- contains identifiable thesis (5)
- uses logical organization (5)
- provides transitions between and within paragraphs (5)
- creates effective closure (5)
Conventions: 20 points
- uses appropriate punctuation (5)
- follows standard usage (5)
- uses correct spelling (5)
- maintains manuscript conventions (5)
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