Other aspects of report#1 layout & references

Note on the task at hand:  Let me reiterate that you are not making an argument.  If you are spending the 2pgs narrating your perspective on or answer to a question and/or narrating only the answers and perspectives of those that agree with you, then you are NOT doing a controversy analysis.  Rather, you are making an argument in support of your perspective, which is not the task at hand.  A controversy analysis, on the other hand, is a narration of what others in disagreement have to say; its not merely a narration of what you and others that agree with you say or think.

Here is a guideline for how to structure your paper:

1. 2pgs of controversy analysis
2. Your perspective (AFTER the 2pgs) [this section is optional]
3. Visual (i.e., disagreement tree)
4. References

On References:  both in-text references and references placed in the Reference section 

Q. What are you referencing?
A. Any source that you use.  That is, textbooks, webpages, videos, newspapers, etc.

Q. How do you make references in the Reference page?
A. If you are using a webpage, then put the URL.  If you are citing a quintessential example of a perspective that is found in a comment section of a webpage, then be sure to provide a direct URL to this comment (if possible).  This usually entails linking to the date of the comment.  If you are using some other archival source (e.g., a newspaper), then use this format:

      Last Name, First Name of writer. (yyyy) Title.  Host (e.g., the name of the newspaper) (Last name)

If you are citing a comment without a direct link to the comment, use this format:

      Commenter name. URL to page where comment can be found. (2 letter abbreviation for name)

For a direct link to comment:

       Commenter name. URL to comment. (2 letter abbreviation for name)

If you are citing a webpage, use this format:

      URL (2 letter abbrevation for URL)

For example,

      http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ (DM)

If you are citing the blue book:

      Croteau, David and William Hoynens. 2013. Experience Sociology. (ES)

If you are citing the green book:

      Last Name, First Name of writer. (yyyy of original print/2010) Title.  Introductory Sociology Reader. (Last name)

For example,

      Goffman, Ervning (1959/2010) The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life.  Introductory Sociology Reader by Rebecca Hensley and Russell Castro. (Goffman)

Q. How do you go about making in-text citations?
A. Use the name or abbreviations provided after your citations in the Reference page.  If the referenced source is a book or something with page numbers, then include the page number that the referenced material was found on after the name or abbrevation followed by a comma.  The basic formula for in-text citations for books or things with page numbers is this:  Blah blah blah blah blah (abbreviation or name, ##).  For example,

      "In everyday life, people manipulate their behavior and appearance more generally in order to manage the impressions that other people have of who they are as a person (Goffman, 64)."

For sources that don't have page numbers such as webpages or comments, use this second basic format:  Blah blah blah blah blah (cf. abbreviation or name).
For example,

      "Some people tend to think that mental illnesses are misdiagnosed and just an excuse for medication (cf. DA)."  

And if you are citing a name... "(cf. Dauphinais)"