To create a group weblog:
One person creates the weblog;
From the dashboard of that weblog, the creator should click on “Users”;
Under “Users”, scroll down to “Add user from the community”;
Put the email your group member used to create a WordPress account in the box, select the user permission level (administrator, editor, or whatever), and click the [...]
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In chapter four of We Media, “Rules of Participation,” the authors suggest that people who participate in online communities (or social networks) do so in order to fulfill certain needs, which may include (among others):
Building status or reputation
Creating connections with other people (”networking”)
Making sense or building understanding
Informing and being informed
Entertaining others and being entertained
Creating
For today’s [...]
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The following guidelines for citing sources apply to all material submitted for this course:
Citing sources of information is essential in academic writing and in journalism (as well as in other contexts). The major reasons for citing sources are:
To acknowledge work done by others;
To demonstrate the value of your own writing by showing that you have [...]
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