Detailed directions
Write a comparison and/or contrast of scholarly articles. Everyone must read and write about the baseline article on CoPE or Enabling Collaborative Privacy Management…” (Anthonysamy, et al., XXXXXXXXXXThen find/select your own article that must be from a peer-reviewed, scholarly publication about research on social networks or similar topic. You must find full text copies of the comparison article yourself. See NCCU Shepard Library web page to search: Find à Articles/Databases at http://web.nccu.edu/library/ (use Off-Campus Access option in left pane for remote access).
This research Reading Report 1 should be 3-5 pages long and use APA style to cite sources. Feedback on Graded Forum will help you with writing! Present a thesis and use articles to support your logical conclusions. A suggested format and outline are presented below. Remembere APA reference style (last name, year) when writing report.
IDEA: Evaluate readings and describe current status of topic. Give details to support conclusion and reasoning.
(Note that Reading Reports can relate to research for Usability Study Research Teams.)
Format
Write 3-5+ pages in a WORD document. For logical flow, describe conclusions in summary at beginning, which is part of introduction. Present a clear thesis. (Sample structure is: “Research shown/theory by Smith suggests X. However, Y may be true (an enhanced or contradictory statement). Looking at Z, one sees….” Go in to details about additional readings or aspects of original article or new article, research, project, news, and comparisons to new (APPS, phone, PDA, etc.) systems. Include any graphics you can such as tables or charts. For electronic or personal references, give the date retrieved or done, and the web site address (URL) or interview participants’ email/contact information in list of references at the end.
You may use the following outline:
• Introduction – abstract-like 1-page with thesis and summary of conclusion
• Comparison or Proof
• Argue for thesis or against aspect of a thesis/theory.
• Give reference title or author, participants, source, etc. for each position
• Relate to usability or user-centered design issues.
• Summary