UMUC LIB150 Week 4: Required Reflection Discussion

Read the
article “Adult Education and the Social Media Revolution,” available in the
eReserves section of the classroom. Pay particular attention to the references
these authors make to the works of others. Every citation within this article
is essentially a head nod to other authors who have written about the same or
similar topics. Were they all in the same room, you could imagine the authors
of this article pointing to or calling out those other authors while speaking.
This is what we mean when we refer to research and writing as one big
conversation, with all of the participants listening and responding to one
another.
In a
discussion post, point to an example from this article in which the authors do
one of the following:
refer to another work in
order to give legitimacy to their own point;refer to another work in
order to build upon the ideas of others; orrefer to another work in
order to challenge that work.
Explain
why you’ve chosen this example. Then, describe an example from your own life in
which you rely upon the work of others to complete a task or accomplish a goal.
(This example might be from your workplace, community, or academic life.)