User talk:PanosKratimenos/sandbox/BASC001/2020-21/Thursday11-12/Power

Whatsapp Group Chat
This group has been coordinating work on sandbox assignment in a Whatsapp group chat. The main points were duplicated on the discussion pages, but the majority of communication behind this research was happening in the chat.--Usernamee anonymous (discuss • contribs) 16:49, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

Note
Hello! I'd just like to point out that my most of my sources for the Western Propaganda or Not: Uyghur Concentration Camps are referencing news outlets which therefore makes them not credible as they are more or less very biased. However, I believe that the premise of the controversy is that there is currently barely a distinction between what is true fact and what is false currently. Rather I just wanted to highlight the claims and takes on both sides of the argument, before noting the information bias in the final subsection of "Power of Western Media". Do you all think this is fine? Or should I add to the disclaimer that the sources are biased as to ensure readers of this section will be critical of the sources I referenced? --Kerocringe09 (discuss • contribs) 16:55, 10 November 2020 (UTC)


 * I think it's fine as you are looking at several different sources and different perspectives. --Usernamee anonymous (discuss • contribs) 17:00, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

General Updates
Hi everyone! I just completed my session on the Western influence in Anthropology, feel free to have a read and let me know if there's anything you thing I could add! Or let me know if if you want to do some collaborative work! - Shaunice34 (discuss • contribs) 13:01, 6 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Hello! I think your content and structure is very organised and concise! So I'd like to adopt the same sort of structure as you if you don't mind. Great work! Also I've made some grammatical corrections to your entry, and while doing so, I found myself not really understanding the sentence (where the 6th reference is at the end of) — perhaps it is unfinished? Let me know if it's just me though! -- Kerocringe09 (discuss • contribs) 13:44, 6 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you so much for spotting that out! I missed out some words when I transferred the content from a word document. Thank you for proof reading it as well and making some changes! - Shaunice34 (discuss • contribs) 14:10, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

Hello! I've read the power of the West section and I got an idea. I think I can write an introduction to it from the point of view of International relations. It would briefly outline the International Relations theories perspective on why the countries of the west seek power and in what ways they gain it.--Usernamee anonymous (discuss • contribs) 15:36, 7 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Hello! That sounds great! I think it will tie in well with the other subsections in the West especially. -- Kerocringe09 (discuss • contribs) 06:51, 8 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Hi Usernamee anonymous. I would like to add some more information to your introduction. Won't be touching anything you wrote, just elaborating and writing about liberalism and realism a bit. Hope you don't mind! --Feminist06 (discuss • contribs) 12:44, 9 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Hi! I didn't publish my entire section yet, I've got a lot in a word document, and wanted to publish that today. But I think I didn't go into liberalism and realism much, so hopefully it won't clash.--Usernamee anonymous (discuss • contribs) 14:29, 9 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Perfect. My plan is to only focus on liberalism, realism, marxism and maybe constructivism - very briefly, just their versions of power and its definition. --Feminist06 (discuss • contribs) 16:06, 9 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Hi! I just added my contribution to the introduction to Power in IR. Have a read and hopefully I did not overlap too much! --Feminist06 (discuss • contribs) 15:10, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

Hello! I've added some subheadings to Money sections so it's easier to navigate through and read. Hopefully that's okay with you Citrus48 and that the subheadings make sense. Feel free to change them if you'd like! -- Kerocringe09 (discuss • contribs) 06:51, 8 November 2020 (UTC)


 * I wanted to add that I added hyperlinks to some words as well just to make things clear and easier to relate! Hope that helps. -Shaunice34 (discuss • contribs) 13:39, 8 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Hi! And I edited repeated citations for one of the sources, I hope it is OK--Usernamee anonymous (discuss • contribs) 16:12, 8 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Hi! Thank you so much! I have slightly edited the subheading to fit the context, and the hyperlinks are a really helpful resource! - Citrus48 (discuss • contribs) 16:46, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

Hello! I've finished my section on Western Propaganda. Throughout my research and writing it, I took on a more descriptive approach because I felt there was a lot of context to be set before I can really explain more about the power of Western propaganda and all of that. So if any of you are interested, please do expand on the implications of the power of Western media (especially in the last paragraph). Also, as some of these articles that I've cited are quite graphic with their images: would it be appropriate to add a disclaimer in the beginning of my section to warn the reader? -- Kerocringe09 (discuss • contribs) 06:51, 8 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Hey! I've added some hyperlinks to the keywords in your section - hope that they are appropriate to add, if not feel free to delete them. I think your section is very interesting and sparks me to think about Power between the East and the West!! I think it is probably best to add a disclaimer just in case the readers do want to explore things further. On a separate note, I guess when you add images of propaganda posters maybe add a few instead of just one so to get a variety of examples and I think some of the ones from this website are open resources so copyright wouldn't be an issue. Hope it helps! - Shaunice34 (discuss • contribs) 13:18, 8 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the hyperlinks and the image resource! -- Kerocringe09 (discuss • contribs) 08:17, 9 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Hey! I was quite interested about the case study you explained for Western media! I was researching in the context of media and found that there were more such instances, such as how biases in Western media influence media coverage in Africa, and I have included a few paragraphs of content as well to the section! Please do read through it and feel free to edit or morph it so that the entire structure can be understood best! - Citrus48 (discuss • contribs) 23:43, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi all! I know I am a bit late but just added my contribution (Power and colonialism). Let me know if you have any suggestions for improvements. Thanks!--Feminist06 (discuss • contribs) 12:44, 9 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Hey, no it's not very late - all is good!! I had a read and it looks good, I added some sub-headings and hyperlinks to keywords as I thought it would be easier to read and understand. Let me know if that is alright with you! - Shaunice34 (discuss • contribs) 14:47, 9 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Shaunice34, thank you so much! I was actually confused about which subheadings to put so this really helped. Its all good! --Feminist06 (discuss • contribs) 16:06, 9 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Hi! The section is really good! I read your contribution and just thought that it may be possible to split the big subsection of "colonialism and imperialism" into two: "colonialism and imperialism" made of paragraphs 1, 3, 5 and "colonialism and capitalism" made of paragraphs 2 and 4. Just a suggestion, I may be wrong--Usernamee anonymous (discuss • contribs) 18:57, 9 November 2020 (UTC)


 * As discussed before, I organised my information and paragraphs in a chronological order according to time - first the definitions, types, explaining colonial capitalism and then talking about its critiques. Hope it makes sense now. --Feminist06 (discuss • contribs) 15:12, 10 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Hi Feminist06! I moved your section about Power and Western Colonialism to the top of the page as we've agreed.--Usernamee anonymous (discuss • contribs) 09:17, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi Citrus48! I saw your concerns about your other sections not flowing with your new section "Biases and Perceptions by the Western Media". In terms of flow from the previous section, I personally feel that it reads completely fine as it is separated by a different subsection heading! However I understand your worries about the transition from the Uyghur case study. I think f you are concerned with it, a suggestion may be to alter your introduction to remove your explicit stating of exploring the power of the west in media through the Uyghur case study, or to adjust it to incorporate the new examples you added (even something such as "and other examples in history"). Personally I also think that the heading "Biases and Perceptions by the Western Media" could maybe be changed to be more specific to the content in the section. For example Examining Past Biases/Propaganda by the Western Media. I added 'examining' because you offer interesting perspectives and approaches (such as psychological influences), though it is definitely not necessary. Also, I feel like the phrase "perceptions by western media" is a bit strange - I feel like "in" or "of" instead of "by" would be used more often, but if you feel it's right please leave it as you prefer as I don't know your thoughts and reasonings! What do you think? I'd love to hear your thoughts! - I am very blind (discuss • contribs) 04:38, 10 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Hi! Just thought I should first clarify that the "Power in Western Media" subsection was written by me and was meant to be a conclusion regarding Uyghur camps that was meant to redirect all the information and context set to the issue of power. Second, I agree that perhaps that section could use another paragraph that concludes the power of Western media in the context of the Africa case study that Citrus48 wrote about. This could additionally be moved towards the end of the 1.5 Western Imperialist Propaganda in Contemporary Media section for better flow. I also think that instead of Biases and Perceptions by the Western Media, it could be named Western Media's Biases/Portrayal of Africa (something of that sort) as it seems to primarily relate to the case studies of Western media's perception of Africa. Hope that makes sense! What do you guys think? -- Kerocringe09 (discuss • contribs) 05:40, 10 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Oh I deeply apologise. I completely didn't register that fact! Thank you for reminding me. I think that specification about Africa is also a good idea! However I also just realised that Citrus48's section is about historical examples rather than contemporary media which is the name of the big section. Would it be better to remove that in the name of the subsection? -- I am very blind (discuss • contribs) 11:04, 10 November 2020 (UTC)


 * No worries! Yes, I think you're right here. I'll remove the word from the subsection heading then, thank you! --Kerocringe09 (discuss • contribs) 14:36, 10 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Hey! Thank you for the suggestion! I'll change the subheading so it can be understood better! - Citrus48 (discuss • contribs) 16:51, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

Hello all! I have made some minor changes to some of the existing sections (with the hope of improving clarity and readability) and added my section on the power of money in politicsCakeordeath123 (discuss • contribs) 14:56, 17 November 2020 (UTC)