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- Course name
- Censorship and Information Control During Information Revolutions
- Institution
- University of Chicago
- Instructor
- Ada Palmer
- Wikipedia Expert
- Sage (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- History of Censorship
- Course dates
- 2018-10-05 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-22 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 35
This course examines how new information technologies trigger innovations in censorship and information control, by comparing the print revolution after 1450 to the current digital revolution. Students will research topics from the Inquisition and Reformation censorship, to colonial censorship, modern internet censorship, the USSR, China, the modern Middle East, wartime censorship, censorship of comic books, New Zealand's censorship, etc.
Timeline
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 12 October 2018
- In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment
Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.
Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia
Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 19 October 2018
- Assignment - Two page (double-spaced) reflective paper
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 26 October 2018
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 2 November 2018
- Assignment - Exercise
- Assignment - Start drafting your contributions
Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 9 November 2018
- Assignment - Continue drafting your contributions in your sandbox
- Milestones
All students have produced a substantive draft of their additions to their selected Wikipedia pages and added that draft to their sandbox in preparation for peer reviews next week.
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 16 November 2018
- Assignment - Peer Review
- Milestones
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
- Assignment - Respond to your peer review
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
- Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.
- Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia
Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13
- Assignment - Continue improving your article
Exercise
Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 30 November 2018
- Assignment - Polish your work
Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.
- Assignment - Final article
It's the penultimate week to develop your article.
- Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
- Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 7 December 2018
- Assignment - Final reflective essay
Make sure your essay answers all the questions listed in the module above. Try and aim for about three double-spaced pages. Final papers should be, minimum, not including headers, two full double-spaced pages. Be sure to follow all formatting guidelines listed in the course syllabus.
- Milestones
Final reflective essays can be submitted to John-Paul via email (JPHeil
uchicago.edu).
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 12 December 2018