Politics of Academic Freedom: Deconstructed

Context: In recent years, the Listicle genre has become rather popular online. The popularity of listicles and listicle-based sites (Buzzfeed) demonstrates a type of public writing that is quick, easy to understand, and engaging to readers. Some key components of the listicle genre include a catchy (click-bait) title that tells the reader what to expect; a brief intro explaining the topic and getting the reader excited; the list; gifs or illustrative images. Prompt: For this assignment, you will use the listicle genre to explain your research topic to a public-facing audience. This is the same research topic you proposed last week, but you may need to make adjustments as you research the topic and receive feedback from Gavin. This project has four key parts: Catchy title that encourages the reader to click on your listicle A brief introduction to the topic (200-300 words max) At least FIVE key themes or interesting points. Each point should be described (one or two paragraphs ~200-250 words each) using research from at least FIVE PEER REVIEW SCHOLARLY RESOURCES. ******A theme may be covered by multiple sources. A good description will likely put multiple sources into conversation with one another (see example below)******* A proper Works Cited page with MLA citations for each peer-reviewed resource and any images, gifs, or videos used in the listicle. Other considerations: you might want to use gifs, images, and/or hyperlinks to make your listicle more engaging you should write for a public audience you may write this using Medium (https://medium.com/ (Links to an external site.)) or some other online composing sites; or, you can write this in Microsoft Word and submit it as a document. ——————————- Example: Here is an example from a student in my SP 2019 English 1110 course.