Bibliography and Outine Formats and Tips

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Bibliography and Outine Formats and Tips

• Give your paper a TITLE, at least tentative.
• Outline should articulate the FORM of your paper.
  In most cases, the format will include some or
  all of the following Theoretical
  justification (What is the scholarly rationale
  for your study) Citing the appropriate
  theorists from the assigned readings Historical
  and/cultural background (What is the context for
  your study ?) Definition of terms/Criteria for
  comparison (How can we determine the validity
  and reliability of your study?) The object of
  study (What are you looking at specifically?) Di
  scussion/Conclusion (What did we learn and where
  do we go from here?)
• You may use a traditional outline format, bullet
  points, or short paragraphs.
• Bibliography is tentative, a work in progress.
  Needs to be in proper bibliographic form, which
  for Communication would be APA or MLA. List
  works by category (books, scholarly work, popular
  press, trade/business press, websites, etc.),
  Include a sentence identifying the reason for
  using this particular source.
• NO WIKIPEDIA as sole source.

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Music Recording and Movies

• First films included two men dancing to a
  phonograph record.
• Shared technology Electronic disk cutting found
  not be efficient for Film, switch to Optical
  system.
• Al Jolson, the first Talkies star, was also a
  major recording and radio performer.
• Musicals and Soundies
• Race movie musicals and African-American
  recording artists
• Theme songs (1950s) Henry Mancini, etc,
• Rock n Roll movies (often similar in form to
  race movie musicals)
• A Hard Days Night
• The Graduate
• Saturday Night Fever Movie soundtracks as
  albums (The Breakfast Club)
• Biographies
• Music as message Do The Right Thing
• Chicken or Egg? Soundtracks as movies