There are three prompts, only one must be chosen; seen below with more details. Amy Bruckman’s article must be used as a lens within the essay, and must be cited Option 1) Do a close reading of ONE Wikipedia article in light of the discussion in Chapter 3 of Amy Bruckmans Should You Believe Wikipedia? Take into account all aspects of the Wikipedia article: not just the main page but the History and Talk pages, the articles listed sources, the identities of its primary editors, and any other information available from your examination of the article. As a full examination of the article would leave you too much to discuss in an essay of this length, narrow down your approach; find one interesting aspect of the article to discuss. The article you choose must have been edited (by someone other than yourself; no cheating here) at some point in the three months before the essay is due. You must be able to use the article you have chosen as a representative example of something bigger than itself (i.e., examining it will tell you a lot about the article itself but also, perhaps, about other articles that fit into similar categories, or collaboratively created sources of information, or certain types of online communities). You are not required to agree with Bruckman, but you must use her chapter as your lens. Prompt variation: If you prefer, you may examine an article from a wiki other than Wikipedia. There are many available. Please check with your instructor if you are not sure the article you have chosen is viable. Option 2) Examine one recent Reddit thread of your choice (recent = created at some point in the three months before the essay is due) in light of Amy Bruckmans discussion of the social construction of truth. The thread must serve as a representative example of a larger category. Option 3) Find an online document pertaining to a recent (i.e., occurring at some point in the three months before the essay is due) event. Use some aspect of Amy Bruckmans chapter as a lens in your examination of what happens to the document after its posting (i.e., how do users treat it? What do they say about it? How do they interpret, use, and transform it? How does the document feature in the social construction of truth?). The document in question may be an article, but it may also be a social-media post, a video, a podcast, a meme, or anything else that contains information and is posted online (even a hashtag would work here). Make sure you are looking primarily at what happens to the document over time, not simply discussing its content. You should be able to use your document and its treatment as a representative example of something larger than itself.
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