[KC]: Room for Debate

Today you will be completing a different kind of research--one that involves visiting the editorial page of The New York Times website, Room for Debate.

The first step is to set up your notebook as depicted in the screenshot below. Please complete the chart over two pages of your notebook so as to leave enough room to write in each box. There are seven short articles that you'll be examining; put three on the first page and the remaining four on the second. (Fletch also made a short video showing the set up - to watch it, click here!)

Next, log onto The New York Times homepage, locate the Search bar and type "room for debate the war against online trolls." This will take you to the appropriate page.

Survey the entire page (take a look at the description of Room for Debate on its main page here), the authors writing on our focus topic: The War Against Online Trolls, and then proceed to complete a first read of each of the seven articles.

1. Danielle Keats Citron: "Time to Fight Cyberharrassment"
2. Gabriella Coleman: "Anonymity Serves Us All"
3. Kristy Tillman: "Women and Minorities as Targets"
4. Ryan M. Milner: "Dialogue Is Important, Even When It's Impolite"
5. Annemarie Dooling: "Don't Identify by Names but by Knowledge"
6. Whitney Phillips: "Focus on Actions and Context"
7. Vyshali Manivannan: "When 'Trolling' Becomes an Umbrella Term"

Once you have finished the first read of those articles, begin to complete the chart in your notebook. Remember, what you are unable to complete in class can be finished for homework.