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Steven Taylor notes that students are increasingly citing blog posts in their papers, which is not a good thing. I agree that in general this is a bad trend, but I hear my investigative journalism pieces on Britney Spears have improved countless otherwise failing term papers...
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I don't think it's necessar... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Johndan Johnson-Eilola | May 5, 2004 6:06 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I don't think it's necessarily bad. We allow students to cite, for example, personal communications in research papers. Think of it as a teaching moment--the issue of citing blogs provides an opportunity to help students understand issues related to rigor, reliability, journalistic ethics, etc.
A source isn't good or bad simply based on what medium it occurs in. There are plenty of print sources that aren't reliable or well considered; there are plenty of weblog sources that are reliable and well considered.
1. Posted by Johndan Johnson-Eilola | May 5, 2004 6:06 PM |
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Posted on May 5, 2004 18:06