Essay 2 checklist

* Referencing Websites

If you can locate an author name and year, use them in the in-text reference:

According to the All Music Guide, The Brian Jonestown Massacre's debut LP Methodrone was 'shoegazer-influenced' (Ankeny 2006).

If not, use a shortened version of the site's name: (allmusic.com)

Depending on the amount of citation information you can find, the listing
in the bibliography would look like one of these:

Ankeny, Jason 2006, 'The Brian Jonestown Massacre' , Allmusic, http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll, Accessed 22 May.

or

'The Brian Jonestown Massacre', Allmusic, http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll, Accessed 22 May.

or

Allmusic, http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll, Accessed 22 May.


Referencing Primary Interviews

According to actress Charlize Theron, 'Cory Messenger is one of the most handsome and charming men I've ever had the pleasure to meet.' (Interview with author)


Bibliography

Theron, Charlize 2006, email interview with author, May 22.

(These are my Harvard style versions. Other recognised versions--MLA, Chicago etc--are acceptable if used consistently and make sense).

The important thing is to make clear where you got all your information from--you get high marks for exhibiting intelligent research, not for "knowing stuff off the top of your head".




* Please study the difference between commas (,), colons (:), and semi-colons (;).

Example:

Several problems have come to light during the marking of your essays, a few of which are as follows: firstly, the use of semi-colons where commas would be more appropriate; secondly, the use of semi-colons where colons would be more appropriate; and, thirdly, a lack of commas in many longer sentences.

* Those aspects of your first essay that are crucial to an understanding of your second should be restated (and re-referenced). The second essay has to stand on its own--it is not simply a continuation of the first.


* 1960s, 1970s—not 60s, 70s, or sixties, seventies

* Songs: ‘Sabotage’, ‘Root Down’
Albums: Ill Communication
Band: Beastie Boys

* Italics/underline for book, film & journal titles. Consult the EMSAH style guide.


* Double space; in-text references (not footnotes); indented quotes are single spaced, but don’t need italics or quote marks or smaller font

* Collect cohesive ideas into readable paragraphs

* Introduction, conclusion (write both last): clearly state your intentions/argument/methodology etc. in the introduction.
Sum up the essay in the conclusion.
* Use some recognised (ie, published in a book, journal or refereed online journal) cultural studies or media theory. Lazy internet research (eg. Wikipedia) is not acceptable.

* Journalism students: this is not a journalism class. Please present your work
in a format appropriate for this academic discipline, cultural studies.

(Check back here periodically for further tips/warnings)