FLEMING COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS II (COMM 202)

Unit 1, Week 5, Seminar Five

1. Check-ins and reminders

2. Review: How to cite and document

3. Review: What needs citation?*

*We get to play The Citation Game!

Seminar Five Agenda

Check-ins and Reminders

Discussions: Discussion #2 is due this Friday by midnight (initial post + 2 replies)

Discourse Community Analysis: I am currently reviewing your second drafts…

What is citation? …and documentation?

A way of acknowledging someone else’s ideas or words

Appear in 2 places:

Integrated within your work (citation)

In an organized References list at the end of your work (documentation)

Appear in a very specific format

Thom said, “Fishing is best in the morning” (Luloff, 2016).

References

Luloff, T. (2016) Fisherman’s friend. Journal of Fish & Wildlife, 11, 7.

Wood, F., & Shields, C. (2015). Communications in the Trump Age. Peterborough: Fleming Press.

Why do we cite sources?

1. Provide our reader with easy access to our sources.

• Where did you find that?

• Sometimes when you are reading, you want to know more about a fact or an expressed opinion. The citation tells you where to find it.

2. To establish your credibility as a writer.

• How do you know that?

• What would you think if you read the following statement:

“Depleted fish stocks aren’t a real thing, man. It’s just a way to sell us expensive ‘sustainable’ fish sticks!”

3. Let the reader know when we have borrowed material.

• It is important to give credit to the ideas that came before your work.

• New ideas evolve from existing ideas – show the path!

APA (American Psychological Association) is a style guide that provides rules and regulations for citing and documenting, among other things (so if you have a problem with APA, don’t blame me—talk to APA!)

Remember: the citation is placed in (parentheses) typically at the end of the sentence where owned ideas and/or words have been borrowed. The information in the citation should be minimal—the citation simply leads the reader to the full information provided in the References list

Ex. (Smith & Jones, 2017, p. 5) – let’s break this citation down…

What does an APA citation typically look like?

Anatomy of an APA citation

(Smith & Jones, 2017, p. 5)

Authors’ last names: in APA, we are not on a first-name basis with the authors of our sources—and in the case of multiple authors, we use this cool symbol called an ampersand to separate names.

Year of publication: APA is all about currency, so the year is featured—identifying currency immediately

Page number: use this when you are quoting exact words. Use pp. when the quote comes from more than one page of your source.

Anatomy of a citation cont’d

Remember, you can also incorporate most of your citation right into your sentence:

According to Smith and Jones (2017), “man buns have no place in the modern restaurant” (p. 5).

Note the following:

the ampersand is only used in a parenthetical citation

the date always accompanies the author’s name wherever it is found

the period always comes after the citation

URLs are NEVER included in a citation, so www.justdontdoit.com

References

your citations containing their minimal information lead to a References list at the end of your document where fuller bibliographic detail is included for each source

formatting is particular: alphabetical order, double spacing, hanging indents

Good news! You don’t have to memorize citation and documentation formats—use the References tab in Word, or use citation apps like Citation Machine or EasyBib. Warning: incorrect input means incorrect output!

Our reference example…

Reference

Smith, J.D., & Jones, A.C. (2017, March 3). Dude’s got a bun in the

oven: Man-buns in the modern restaurant industry. Business

Today, 37(3), pp. 3-7.

Now it is time for The Citation Game!

Now that we have reviewed credibility and citation/documentation format, it is time to test your judgment.

What needs to be documented? What doesn’t?

From The (Credible) Gambler…

You Gotta Know When to Hold ‘em

Know When to Fold ‘em

Know When to Walk Away

Know When to Cite

And the short answer is…

Because you might think…

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Hey, do I have to document everything?

so with that in mind, here are the rules of the game

I will show you something, then you must “buzz” in and categorize what I’ve shown you as either…

An owned idea (ie. owned by someone else)

Common knowledge

That’s all me (aka, your own idea)

Then, you must tell me whether or not it needs to be documented

Round 1

In 2013, the police-reported crime rate in Canada was at its lowest point since 1969.

a) Owned Ideab) Common Knowledgec) That’s all me!

Round 1

Owned Idea—if you are using statistics, you must document them. This material is based on someone’s primary research—they collected and analyzed these data

Round 2

The Boreal Forest can be found in Canada.

a) Owned Ideab) Common Knowledgec) That’s all me!

Round 2

Common Knowledge: Do not document

Common Knowledge Test…

Do most people know this? If yes, then....

Do most accept it? If yes, then...

It is common knowledge.

Round 3

While watching a marathon of Hockey Wives, you realize exactly what you’re going to write about in your next blog in COMM202.

Do you document the TV show?

a) Owned Ideab) Common Knowledgec) That’s all me!

Round 3

That’s all me!

You came up with the idea, so you don’t have to document the TV show, even though the idea sprang into your mind while watching it.

Debrief

Credibility and Documentation

Good Judgment:

You must document all owned ideas

You do not need to document common knowledge

You do not need to document your own ideas, your data, or your findings.

Need more citation and documentation help?

Check out next week’s online content!

Work session for DCA final submission

Coming up in Lab 5