Introduction to Communication Create a new discussion thread titled “Your Name: Discussion #1” that fully answers and explores the question below. Your post should be at least 200 words, be well written (including correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation), and cite our text at least once. Your initial post is due by midnight on Thursday. You must then respond to at least two classmates’ posts by midnight Sunday. Your response posts should be at least 100 words each and should not simply be “I agree. Good point.” Use these responses to offer support, expand on an idea with your own examples or elaboration, or pose questions to the original poster. Though you will not be graded on your specific viewpoints, you WILL need to show understanding of concepts in your writing. Your 50 possible points will be derived from the following guidelines: Grading Criteria: 1. Posts were submitted on time: original thread by Thursday night, response posts by Sunday night 2. Length requirement met: original post (200 words) and response posts (100 words each) 3. College-level writing: evidence of proofreading (grammar, spelling, sentence structure) and at least one citation of our text in your writing 4. Original post fully answers the question in a way that shows critical thinking and course concept understanding 5. Response posts either expand on an idea, support your classmates, or ask questions to your classmates (or all three!) Below is an example of how to cite an idea from our OER textbook in your writing: I’m trying to pay more attention to how I act around others. According to Chapter 1 of our text, a big aspect of being a competent communicator is being mindful of our own communication (Communication in the Real World). For example, if I feel tired or in a bad mood, I notice that my tone of voice is sharper towards my family. Then, at the end of your writing, you’ll cite our OER text, including the chapter you were referencing. See example: Communication in the Real World: An Introduction to Communication Studies . (2016). Chapter 1 You are welcome to also use direct quotes from our text, and/or use information from other sources, but this is not required. Discussion #1 Prompt: After reading our first chapters on communication and reflecting on your own ability to communicate with others, how would you describe your own communication style? Identify at least one way you can personally increase communication competence. Your answer could include how communication meets certain needs in your life, and where you see a need for improvement. Feel free to discuss the ways your communication has changed during these last months as well. Here is the OER textbook Link:https://open.lib.umn.edu/communication/ Tags: communication styles writing styles communication style information exchange Communication ability User generated content is uploaded by users for the purposes of learning and should be used following Studypool’s honor code & terms of service.
Reference List: Basic Rules
Note: This page reflects the latest version of the APA Publication Manual (i.e., APA 7), which released in October 2019. The equivalent resource for the older APA 6 style can be found here.
This resource, revised according to the 7th edition APA Publication Manual, provides fundamental guidelines for constructing the reference pages of research papers. For more information, please consult the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, (7th ed.).
Note: Because the information on this page pertains to virtually all citations, we’ve highlighted one important difference between APA 6 and APA 7 with an underlined note written in red.
Formatting a Reference List
Your reference list should appear at the end of your paper. It provides the information necessary for a reader to locate and retrieve any source you cite in the body of the paper. Each source you cite in the paper must appear in your reference list; likewise, each entry in the reference list must be cited in your text.
Your references should begin on a new page separate from the text of the essay; label this page “References” in bold, centered at the top of the page (do NOT underline or use quotation marks for the title). All text should be double-spaced just like the rest of your essay.
Basic Rules for Most Sources
- All lines after the first line of each entry in your reference list should be indented one-half inch from the left margin. This is called hanging indentation.
- All authors’ names should be inverted (i.e., last names should be provided first).
- Authors’ first and middle names should be written as initials.
- For example, the reference entry for a source written by Jane Marie Smith would begin with “Smith, J. M.”
- If a middle name isn’t available, just initialize the author’s first name: “Smith, J.”
- Give the last name and first/middle initials for all authors of a particular work up to and including 20 authors (this is a new rule, as APA 6 only required the first six authors). Separate each author’s initials from the next author in the list with a comma. Use an ampersand (&) before the last author’s name. If there are 21 or more authors, use an ellipsis (but no ampersand) after the 19th author, and then add the final author’s name.
- Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last name of the first author of each work.
- For multiple articles by the same author, or authors listed in the same order, list the entries in chronological order, from earliest to most recent.
- When referring to the titles of books, chapters, articles, reports, webpages, or other sources, capitalize only the first letter of the first word of the title and subtitle, the first word after a colon or a dash in the title, and proper nouns.
- Note again that the titles of academic journals are subject to special rules. See section below.
- Italicize titles of longer works (e.g., books, edited collections, names of newspapers, and so on).
- Do not italicize, underline, or put quotes around the titles of shorter works such as chapters in books or essays in edited collections.
Basic Rules for Articles in Academic Journals
- Present journal titles in full.
- Italicize journal titles.
- Maintain any nonstandard punctuation and capitalization that is used by the journal in its title.
- For example, you should use PhiloSOPHIA instead of Philosophia, or Past & Present instead of Past and Present.
- Capitalize all major words in the titles of journals. Note that this differs from the rule for titling other common sources (like books, reports, webpages, and so on) described above.
- This distinction is based on the type of source being cited. Academic journal titles have all major words capitalized, while other sources’ titles do not.
- Capitalize the first word of the titles and subtitles of journal articles, as well as the first word after a colon or a dash in the title, and any proper nouns.
- Do not italicize or underline the article title.
- Do not enclose the article title in quotes.
- So, for example, if you need to cite an article titled “Deep Blue: The Mysteries of the Marianas Trench” that was published in the journal Oceanographic Study: A Peer-Reviewed Publication, you would write the article title as follows:
- Deep blue: The mysteries of the Marianas Trench.
- …but you would write the journal title as follows:
- Oceanographic Study: A Peer-Reviewed Publication
- So, for example, if you need to cite an article titled “Deep Blue: The Mysteries of the Marianas Trench” that was published in the journal Oceanographic Study: A Peer-Reviewed Publication, you would write the article title as follows:
Please note: While the APA manual provides examples of how to cite common types of sources, it does not cover all conceivable sources. If you must cite a source that APA does not address, the APA suggests finding an example that is similar to your source and using that format. For more information, see page 282 of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th ed.
