Communication and Identity

Annotated Bibliography Requirements:
Using the prompt below, and finding five outside sources (not listed in the readings referenced below),
brainstorm all and any potential topics. After brainstorming, write
your ideas up in two paragraphs discussing directions you could take
your paper in.

Then, complete an
annotated bibliography for your 5 sources. Your citations should follow APA guidelines. Your annotation should provide a brief summary of the source and an explanation of how it might apply to you essay. Briefly write a few sentences under each source about what elements
and/or main ideas you would pull from it. In short, that description
should answer the questions of ‘why would I use this in my paper?’ and
‘how would this source contribute toward my main idea?’.

Outside sources do not need to be purely academic articles, however
they do need to be credible. You may pull from professional websites
(e.g. .edu, .org, .gov), newsites (e.g. CNN, FOX, The Atlantic, etc…),
and popular media (Buzzfeed, Vox, etc…).

Final Essay Prompt (for reference):
In this unit, we examined how communication reflects and contributes to our identities.
Through this essay you will examine how identity is reflected in communication and how
communication and identity are performed with others. Compare a text or email
conversation between you and a peer and one between you and an older relative or
friend (parent, mentor, grandparent etc.). What can you detect about identities being
communicated in the conversations? This will likely include age but should move
beyond just age differences. Use our class texts as well as outside sources to support
your analysis and argument. Draw an overall conclusion from your comparison and use
this as the focus of your essay.

Reference Materials (Class Readings Provided, which cannot be part of outside sources):
(Tracy & Robles, 2013) Everyday Talk: Ch.1
(Young, 2010) Should Writers Use They Own English?
(Kinzler) How You Say It: Intro, Ch.1 & 2
(McCulloch) Because Internet: Ch.1-4
(Bateson, 1993) Joint performance across cultures- Improvisation in a Persian garden
(Goffman, 1959) The presentation of self in everyday life

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