Guidelines for Presentations

Use Chapter Six in Huffington as a guide. Chapter Six offers a history and analysis of the Huffington Post. We’ll be covering this chapter next week.

Your presentation (and, at the end of the term, your paper) should include AT LEAST the following:
• A multi-media component, preferably a Powerpoint presentation. Use samples from the blog you’re studying, audio and/or video clips if necessary. Whatever works best for your subject. (25 points)

• Evidence of research. You should be an expert on the blog you’re presenting. Please be thorough in your understanding of its history, its demographics, its impact, its context. (25 points)

• Some reference to relevant blog community/communities. Reference like-minded blogs. See which blogs your assigned blog links to and discover why. (10 points)

• An analysis of the readership/audience for the blog. Who’s reading the blog and why? How can you tell? How do the owners/authors of the blog maintain their blog community? Where do you find evidence for this? (10 points)

• An analysis of the quality of the writing and information you find on the blog. (10 points)


• An analysis of the blogs strengths and weaknesses, including what you like and don’t like about the blog. Your opinion should be an educated, informed one, of course. (10 points)

• A statement about what you can learn from this blog. What does this blog teach you about good blogging? What techniques can you apply to your own blog? (10 points)

Be prepared to answer questions following your presentation.
Check the presentation schedule on the class website (see below).
Presentations will not be rescheduled unless you have a medical excuse. If you fail to do your presentation or miss class on the day your presentation is due, you will receive a 0 for the assignment.
The presentation will be worth one exam grade. You can think of the presentation as an exam worth 100 points. The presentation is heavily weighted in your class participation grade for the course.