1. ACADEMIC WRITING Some guides for master’s level students in media & communication

2. THEORY & PRACTICE Academic conventions & expectations Learning the disciplines in Media Studies Genres & products Writing as process Writing a dissertation

3. examples Daniel Chandler Gradpapers Self help books Guide 1 Guide 2 Academic writing BIBSYS

4. JOINING A DISCOURSE COMUNITY Modes of academic writing The master’s dissertation Learning the genre Changes in writing instruction Computers & compostion

5. WHERE AM I? Term papers Dissertation outlines Thesis statement Dissertation development Types of research

6. COMPOSITION STUDIES Background Conventions /product Developmental/ process Communication technologies Post-process

7. examples Computers & Composition Purdue University J. of Second Language Writing Online Univ of Minnesota Dartmouth

8. PROCESS & PRODUCT The position of schema The role of the writer The learning process Paradigms & perspectives Participants Resources

9. examples Questia Student resources

10. WRITING AS ACTIVITY Recursive Individual Collaborative Activities Writing today

11. WARNINGS Services Plagiarism

12. examples Term papers Dissertations Avoiding plagiarism

13. WRITING RESOURCES Centres Journals Books OWLs Web

14. WRITING RESOURCES Centres Journals Books OWLs Web

15. examples Center for Writing Studies IL Self help & process Univ of Victoria Ohio State Univ of Madison-Wisconsin Writing the research paper

16. examples Proposal guidelines Proposal workshop Online grammar handbook Style manuals Purdue workshops Handbook Scholarly research & academic writing

17. examples Guide to writing theses Another guide! Social science thesis writing Humanities Links to academic & writing centres Writing tips for theses Academic Info site

18. examples KAIROS Cross journal publication Writing new media