Talk:Living in a Connected World 2018

Essay Question Discussion
Hi to

Please feel free to use this Discussion Page (as well as your own and each other's User Discussion Pages) to discussion your essay questions. Each team needs to finalise a question by 12 noon, Friday 2nd November. Please then notify me via my User Discussion page, by that date so that I can set up the essay pages.

GregXenon01 (discuss • contribs) 12:27, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

Hi! I thought we could start discussing our Collaborative Essay now in order to have enough time to formulate a question. I was thinking we could write about one of the topics we have already covered so far on the module, perhaps the power of social media or its challenges. Let me know what you think! Dmedia14 (discuss • contribs) 11:47, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi, I think we should be more specific about the platform. It would be easy for us to construct the question. I am thinking of political approaches and campaigns on Twitter. What do you say? Awesooome92 (discuss • contribs) 11:53, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

That's a good point. I like that topic but perhaps it has been overdone and we should choose something a little more relevant to the course outline. We could talk about other forms of power or authority on Twitter (or any other platform) such as power controlling factors both psychical and mental. Let me know what you think. Dmedia14 (discuss • contribs) 12:00, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Yea you are right. I was just thinking out loud. How about affects of social media on mental health? This sounds generic right now but we can give it a fresh perspective? This will have relevancy with our reading like 'How much is too much' and The 'Always-on' Concept. Awesooome92 (discuss • contribs) 12:10, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

I see your point. I like your idea to talk about the effects of social media on mental health and taking a new spin on it. How about we discuss our ideas with Greg during his feedback & guidance session today and then take it from there? Dmedia14 (discuss • contribs) 12:13, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi again, after meeting Greg we now have a clear direction. He mentioned attention economy. I read about it and it's very interesting and would fit nicely with one of our approaches. We can discuss things like notification system, persistent connections, always on conditions in the light of emotional intelligence. I would suggest to restrict on a particular environment for example work or even student life.Awesooome92 (discuss • contribs) 19:20, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi Meles, as we agreed earlier on the topic of our question which is going to be on Instagram and its culture, do you want to include middle-east cultural behavior? because Greg gave me this brilliant idea about it? Zamzam (discuss • contribs) 20:51, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi Zemzem, It is a great idea. What do you think about the cultural specificity and how it is affecting Instagram culture? Melsperspective (discuss • contribs) 21:12, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Hmmmm, ok. Let's think about how could we link all these things together by trying to formulate a question for because this question reaches the global context nowadays and I think its a great idea, the cultural specificity is limitless because of the globalization so, Yes I like what is happening here! ;P Zamzam (discuss • contribs) 21:31, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

When I met Greg earlier today he mentioned something similar to this: How does Instagram culture flatten out cultural specificity? but I think It needs more? Zamzam (discuss • contribs) 22:13, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi! I find the concept of Attention Economy really fascinating and it would definitely fit in with what we have been discussing so far. I have also researched Emotional Intelligence today and I feel as if we should definitely include that in our question somehow. That could also tie in with mental health, which we initially wanted to talk about, so how about we focus on relationships, quality of life etc. under this approach? Dmedia14 (discuss • contribs) 22:18, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Great! I like how you plugged in mental health with emotional intelligence. So we are sorted.Good job, partner. Cheers!Awesooome92 (discuss • contribs) 22:21, 1 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi both! Good discussion on your topic so far. Really liking these ideas.
 * So, what question have you settled on to propose for this? We have: attention economy; emotional intelligence; mental health; how much is too much; always-on; relationships; quality of life... These are all big questions, so let's try and focus this a little. What frames are you using here? (i.e. case studies, perhaps specific platforms or time-frames; specific national or regional contexts? perhaps specific socio-economic groups). Is there any aspect of the above themes that you'd like to focus on above the others? You could frame this in a number of ways, so it would be useful to get a handle on your emphasis before I go ahead and create the page.GregXenon01 (discuss • contribs) 10:55, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
 * We have decided on a globally campaign so that will be our case study on a specific platform i.e. Twitter in term of specific time-frame. I hope that answers your question. Awesooome92 (discuss • contribs) 11:24, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

I think this is our question, I like it very much. I think we are going to do a great work. Now let see what is going to say about it. Melsperspective (discuss • contribs) 22:44, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Glad that you liked it! I hope it would be THE ONE we're looking for! ;D Zamzam (discuss • contribs) 23:03, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

What about: How does Instagram culture flatten out cultural specificity in a global context? or In what ways does Instagram and Instagram culture flattened out cultural specificity? How does Instagram culture flatten out cultural specificity? Zamzam (discuss • contribs) 23:27, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

It sounds good! --Melsperspective (discuss • contribs) 23:29, 1 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi both. Good discussion on this so far. I think that you've hit the nail on the head with:
 * "In what ways does Instagram and Instagram culture flatten out cultural specificity?"
 * If you are ok with that, I'll create the page and you can both get started on populating it with content! GregXenon01 (discuss • contribs) 10:49, 2 November 2018 (UTC)


 * ; ; : Hi guys - you're conspicuously absent from discussions on here so far! You really do need to get used to using the discussion pages on the wikibook (both your own user discussion pages, and the essay discussion pages) in order to make the most of the platform and build engagement to show evidence of discussion and peer-review. GregXenon01 (discuss • contribs) 11:00, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi Greg,our question is: How does social media in general and social platforms like Twitter in particular impacts on one's emotional intelligence? Awesooome92 (discuss • contribs) 11:02, 2 November 2018 (UTC)


 * ok. How about:
 * "In what ways do social platforms like Twitter impact on user emotional intelligence?"
 * Something like that? It remains open enough to avoid assumptions but is also focused enough to allow you to discuss particular examples or cases to illustrate an argument.GregXenon01 (discuss • contribs) 11:11, 2 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Yes, this is better. What do you say? We can also incorporate all the factors we initially wanted to discuss.Awesooome92 (discuss • contribs) 11:29, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

I like that idea and I’m happy to go with that! Dmedia14 (discuss • contribs) 11:23, 2 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Should me mention the campaign that is Me-too movement in our question? If no, than this question seems good to both of us. So our question is: "In what ways do social platforms like Twitter impact on user emotional intelligence?" Yes, looking forward! :D Awesooome92 (discuss • contribs) 11:29, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi ! I have a topic in mind that I would be quite interested in, however I haven't discussed it with yet, so I guess here's my chance. The topic basically revolves around skimming and copywriting. I would be interested to explore the relationship between the two and see whether copywriting is a byproduct of skimming or vice versa. Let me know what you think! Just improvise mate (discuss • contribs) 13:11, 2 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi This sounds like an interesting topic. By copywriting, what exactly are you referring to here? Copywriting as a proofreading process? As a journalism editorial process? As a process of writing copy for adverting or content marketing? I'd like to hear more detail on this. And also, in relation to the essay brief - it ought to relate to a concept that is covered at some point in the module (either in the reading, the workshop discussion, the podcast content, or the assessment work). In this case, there could be some interesting aspects of affordance in digital tools/practices in copywriting that might be worth exploring. In any case, the essay topic should come from discussion with Zoe, so  where are you? GregXenon01 (discuss • contribs) 13:22, 2 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the feedback . I meant copywriting as the process of writing copy for adverting and content marketing. Since affordance is covered in the module, we could maybe look at how copywriting influences the affordance of a specific website or app? Let me know your thoughts and . Just improvise mate (discuss • contribs) 14:14, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi Greg! Again, our topic revolves around examining how copywriting shapes the affordance of a certain technology/website. Just improvise mate (discuss • contribs) 15:27, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
 * ok how about this as a question:
 * "In what ways does the practice of copywriting shape the affordance of platforms and websites?" GregXenon01 (discuss • contribs) 15:32, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi Greg! The theme of our Collaborative Essay is to discuss what categories of data can benefit merchants to improve their profit. Therefore, I want to make a detailed analysis from the perspectives of consumers themselves, consuming data and advertising. On the one hand, talk about the connection between the three.Min1996 (discuss • contribs) 22:31, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi Cecila! Whatelse I wonder is that whether we need to pay more attention on the merchants, such as the relationship between merchants and profits. How do think about my idea? If you have any thoughts, please let me know!Min1996 (discuss • contribs) 22:44, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi, Min. I agree with you, but I think that on the basis of discussing how to make the business enhance the interests, we should also pay attention to the impact of the data on the business, such as what kind of data has value for the business. I remember the teacher's suggestions for us and we can study the aspects of consumer data, consumers and business promotion methods. Actually, we need a deeper understanding and discussion of these three aspects.Cecila123 (discuss • contribs) 23:07, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

Just type: ^isn't it cool? Please make sure you follow the exact format for page names (Message box, heading and message) and use capitalization and spacing correctly for example: DO NOT write capital 'B' for box. However, for your heading and message content you don't need to worry about punctuation. Awesooome92 (discuss • contribs) 15:03, 25 November 2018 (UTC)
 * ; ; ; ; ; Hello guys, hope you're enjoying your Sunday with lots of work and great weather! I just learnt about the message box template and I found it cool. You can use it in your own creative way.

Hi ! Thanks for sharing what you found, it's quite fun! How's everyone getting on with the research for the essay? ; ; ; ; ; Have a great Sunday! Just improvise mate (discuss • contribs) 15:09, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi, thanks Laila! I will look through it! Thank you for sharing! I am just looking for some more useful academic books which can help support our opinions!Min1996 (discuss • contribs) 16:03, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi ! Thanks for sharing what you found, it's quite fun! How's everyone getting on with the research for the essay? ; ; ; ; ; Have a great Sunday! Just improvise mate (discuss • contribs) 15:09, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi, thanks Laila! I will look through it! Thank you for sharing!Min1996 (discuss • contribs) 16:03, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi thank you for sharing your experience here Lalia, it is very cool indeed! I will try to use that today then write about it later on my own experience on wikis ;p thanks to you!! ;)


 * Hi I didn't know how to do that! Thanks Laila! GregXenon01 (discuss • contribs) 08:00, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Just a note to everyone,       Good work - keep up the momentum. And don't forget to share what you're learning as you go! This will provide opportunities to capture marks that will contribute towards you grade, but most importantly, will help improve the standard of the wikibook. GregXenon01 (discuss • contribs) 08:00, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi as for me and  we're doing pretty well so far, fingers crossed ;p What about you and Zoe? Guys let me know if anyone of you needed any help with the referencing or anything else related to the editing part on Wikibooks ; ; ; meanwhile, I wish you all a very lovely, chocolate worming evening ;) Zam (discuss • contribs)

Hi That's a pretty cool tool I didn't know about that might be useful for some upcoming tasks, thanks for sharing with us! Dmedia14 (discuss • contribs) 18:59, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

I tried this on our book page. Feel free to change the text if you think we should write something else. Awesooome92 (discuss • contribs) 19:20, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

I seen it and I think it looks great, thanks! Dmedia14 (discuss • contribs) 23:38, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi! Thank you for your advise Leila and this tool is very useful! I didn't know this.--Melsperspective (discuss • contribs) 21:18, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

Using Communication Source
Hey ; ; ; ; ; ; ! Since I've been at the university for five years I know quite a fair amount about sources and databases, so I thought I would write a little tutorial on how to access sources for this module and especially for the collaborative essay.

So, in case you didn't know, there is a source called Communication Source in which you can find thousands of articles related to communication. I think it might come in handy! Here's how you access it:


 * Go to myportal.stir.ac.uk and log in with your details.
 * Once logged in, scroll down a little until you see a label in the middle of your page that says "Resources". Click on that.
 * Under Library/IT Resources you find a list of all the resources the university has. On a side note, "RefWorks" is really handy when it comes to referencing! If you need help with it let me know and I'll try my best to help you!
 * Click on "A-Z list of online resources."
 * Click on the letter C, which will take you to all the resources that start with the letter C.
 * Scroll down until you see "Communication Source".

Hope this was helpful, if anything isn't clear let me know! Good luck guys! Just improvise mate (discuss • contribs) 13:23, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, that really thoughtful. I got to know about it in the early weeks and since then I am relying on it so much. It is actually a blessing! Awesooome92 (discuss • contribs) 21:30, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

Thank you very much, that would be very helpful and so clear to understand! have a great day mate! Zam (discuss • contribs)

I heard of this resource a few weeks ago but never got around to having a look at it so thank you for reminding me! I'll definitely be checking that out for my upcoming assignments this week. Dmedia14 (discuss • contribs) 14:11, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

No problem ; ; ! I'm glad you found it useful! Just improvise mate (discuss • contribs) 15:21, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

Referencing Tips
Hi ; ; ; ; ; ; ! I just wanted to ask how everyone is planning to reference within their essay? I tried linking to other Wikipedia pages to make it clearer for the reader but Wikibooks told me that because it is a book that this is not really standard practice. I'm guessing just standard APA referencing throughout using the < /ref > outline would work but if anyone else has any input it would be greatly appreciated. I hope you're all getting on well with your own essays and any other deadlines I'm sure you're also working on right now! Dmedia14 (discuss • contribs) 16:28, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi there Erin, we are doing just fine.. yet ; P if you mean linking as a reference no, I haven't attached any wiki links as a Ref so far '''but if you mean linking a word to another wiki page? YES, we did that without referencing''', you can check our page to see what I mean Here. I thing this is the only way you can link any external or internal links ;) But I don't know anything about this 'Wikibooks told me that because it is a book that this is not really standard practice' :S seems confusing really!! For our essay we just used the regular < Ref > < /Ref > just like any other Ref-citing plus the linking words without referencing, try to do that It might be your only way. I also have two other suggestions for you; the first one would be to do the regular APA referencing and that's it. My other suggestion is to put the links you need to share at the bottom/ end of your essay as for your reference subheading, before you Ref list. BUT I don't know if this is going to work for Here on our project assignment because I used that on my own Wikibooks page.

This is how I do it on my own Wikibooks page:

(==) See Also/ useful links / External links (==)

Help Editing

| Malcom X < I want you to check the bottom of the page.. every Wiki page has its own subheading with a useful links/ external links.. etc.

Please check every other Wiki pages for the external or internal links at the bottom

I hope you will find it helpful Erin, Good luck and have a great night. Zam (discuss • contribs)

Using Refworks
Hello ; ; ; ; ; ; ! Hope everyone's doing great! So as of referencing, we are supposed to use the APA style for every assignment, as stated in the module outline. There is a very handy tool called RefWorks, which is available through MyPortal. Here's how you access it:


 * 1) Login to MyPortal with your details
 * 2) Go to Resources (The same tab you clicked on for Communication Source)
 * 3) Under the label "Library/IT Resources" you will find a link called "Login to RefWorks", click on that.

Basically, RefWorks allows you to create folders for your assignments and then you can just add all your resources that you used for your assignment to that folder. Once you have added all the resources that you used, you can create a bibliography and choose the referencing style you want RefWorks to format your resources. The good thing about this is that it does all the formatting for you so you don't have to hassle with formatting. Hope this helps!

By the way, just to double check that I'm not passing on false information, would you mind confirming that we're supposed to use the APA style for our collaborative essay? Thank you!

Good luck everyone!

Just improvise mate (discuss • contribs) 11:17, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

Good afternoon We are doing just fine, thanks for asking and I hope you feel the same way too :) Yes, I agree we must use the same APA referencing for each assignment. I never heard about the RefWorks on our portal before although I had an academic English course last summer and we were supposed to use our portal frequently and of course we had to write an essay and do the bibliography as well, but NO one has told us about RefWorks! It would be much easier and very helpful back then if anyone did mention it ;p  but thanks to you I have been using this source since you have told us about it 4 weeks ago maybe? Remember when we all went to that computer lab to attend our seminar and it was canceled? So, THANK YOU SO MUCH ;P have a great day! Zam (discuss • contribs)
 * Haha no problem, I'm glad you find it useful! If anything else comes to my mind that could be helpful, I'll post it here so keep an eye out! Just improvise mate (discuss • contribs) 14:25, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

Good afternoon guys, thanks for your responses! It seems I have been doing everything correct so far which is reassuring. I have never gotten around to using RefWorks although I do remember being introduced to it during my undergraduate degree a few years back so I will definitely eventually check it out because it sounds a lot easier than what I have been doing! Dmedia14 (discuss • contribs) 14:34, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

Sure I will! Have a great night Richard ;) Zam (discuss • contribs)

Heya Most welcome and I'm glad that you are on the right direction for your referencing ;) please feel free to ask about anything else. Best of luck and have a wonderful night! Zam (discuss • contribs)

Using Wiki Commons


Hello Everyone, I just wanted to share my experience on resizing and editing an image on Wikibooks.

Firstly :


 * Go to Wiki Commons
 * Search for you image topic.
 * Choose the image you desire then click on it.
 * Once you click on an image it will enlarged after that you will see a blue rectangular button which it says More details press on it.
 * It should take you to the image file page, this page has all the details you need, you will see 5 efferent icons; to download it, use it on the web, use it on a wiki which we should always use on our assignments email the image and the last icon should tell you about the reusing of an image on Wikis.
 * After you choose the W icon to be able to use it on your Wiki page, a link box should appear saying Use this file on a wiki and it should has two links; one to use the image as a thumbnail, the other to use it as a regular image, this link should be your image on your Wiki work.

Editing images on Wiki books
Secondly:

Your image is now ready to be used on Wikibooks!
 * Choose the thumbnail link from wiki common.
 * copy the URL and past it to your work.
 * If you did't find you image you can upload it from the editing toolbox, just press on the image button ( embedded file ) another tool box should say insert file upluad you own peace of work (the image) follow the instructions and press on upload then inset.

 Editing the size, right corner, frames Examples: Bouncywikilogo.gif|New-Bouncywikilogo|200px|left| wikipedia logo
 * After you add your link you can now adjust it by adding ( | ) you will be able to control your image at full.

Bouncywikilogo.gif|New-Bouncywikilogo|400px|center| wikipedia LOGO

Bouncywikilogo.gif|New-Bouncywikilogo|200px|thumb| Zamzam logo

And that's it!


 * For the first frame-less image I used : 200px, left, non I used none format to get a frame-less image:




 * Now I will resize it, put it on the right side, use a frame:



I hope I have explained everything as it should be :) and I am always welling to help! cheers! Zam (discuss • contribs)

Oh this is so cool! Thank you for sharing! let's try this! Awesooome92 (discuss • contribs) 11:36, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

Most welcome Laila! I hope it helped, best luck with your assignment! Zam (discuss • contribs)

Donation for Wikimedia Foundation
‘To all the readers in Australia, it’s a little awkward, so we’ll get straight to the point. This Sunday we humbly ask you to defend Wikipedia’s independence. We depend on donations averaging about $15, but 99% of our readers don’t give. If everyone reading this gave $3, we could keep Wikipedia thriving for years to come. The price of a coffee is all we need. When we made Wikipedia a non-profit, people warned us we’d regret it. But if Wikipedia became commercial, it would be a great loss to the world. The heart and soul of Wikipedia is a community of people working to bring you unlimited access to reliable neutral information.’
 * ; ; ; ; ; Good Morning! I follow a blogger from Australia and she posted a story this morning about donating to Wikimedia Foundation and I couldn’t stop myself from sharing this with your guys. I don’t know it is just me, or everyone now feels a part of this community? Whenever someone mentions Wiki, I always have something to say or share. I feel obligate to contribute to that conversation, lol. One of my friends said: Why have you become a brand ambassador of Wiki and I said, why not! Also, since exams and reports submission are around the corner so Wikipedia is everyone's best friend these days. Yesterday only, my friend showed me, on the main home page of Wikipedia there’s a note that guides you about the donating process for Wikimedia Foundation. I checked but couldn’t see that on my home page though, strange! But nevertheless encouraged him to do so and thought I should do that too. And then I woke up to this! Technology never fails to creep me out.  But this is not an ad or anything. She has just posted a story on Instagram. She screenshot and shared the message which Wikipedia has posted on the main page:

She also shared the email after her donation and you can feel their intent in the words. I’ll take a few lines from that email that personally touched me. ‘The essential story of Wikipedia is the story of an individual, like you, giving a little bit of themselves to keep the doors of discovery open. Your contribution shows me that the spirit of our vision is alive and well. You probably donated because Wikipedia is useful to you. But what may surprise you is that one of the top reasons people don’t give is because they can’t afford to. At the Wikimedia Foundation, we believe that no one should have to pay to learn. We believe knowledge should always be free. We will never charge anyone to use Wikipedia. So how do we afford the infrastructure of one of the world’s most popular websites? Because of the generosity of people like you. Wikipedia is yours: yours to read, yours to edit, your in which to get lost. We’re not the destination, we’re the beginning.’

After this I have much more respect for this platform. I NEVER looked Wiki from this perspective. This actually feels good and thank you for giving us this opportunity and making us a part of this community. Just the way it is written has my heart. We use Wiki SO MUCH and I think we feel such entitlement over everything now that we take everything for granted. Please contribute (if you can) and ask people to do it because not everyone is aware and don’t think that way, like I never thought of it! Awesooome92 (discuss • contribs) 11:49, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

Also, I have got an idea and thought I should share. - for the next batch you can also set a task on collecting funds for Wikimedia or something on those lines, this will empower the representation and ownership towards this platform, maybe? Just a wild thought! Awesooome92 (discuss • contribs) 21:54, 2 December 2018 (UTC)


 * ; ; ; ; ; Just last minute things! Guys you can add and inform your readers about the difficulty or what kind of  level is your reading piece. Just follow this and write your desired level:

Awesooome92 (discuss • contribs) 10:41, 3 December 2018 (UTC)