Week 2 Tute Files

1. COMM2633
Pop Culture & Everyday
Life
Tutorial: Week 2

2. Researching at Uni
• How references work: i.e. found a good piece?
Follow the trail of references in the List of
References
• RMIT LIBRARY: Sidebar options
• GOOGLE SCHOLAR:
• This is a good list of Cultural Studies journal.

3. Writing at Uni
• GREAT RESOURCE:
https://emedia.rmit.edu.au/learninglab/content/writing-skills
(and this one is particularly good)
• FORMATING:
• 12 point font (Arial, Times New Roman, Garamond)
• Name and student number clearly marked at the start, or
in the header (no cover sheet required)
• Free of spelling and grammatical errors
• List of references / Not a bibliography

4. Referencing at Uni
• If you use someone else’s idea, cite it. Most of the time as
students, you’re using someone else’s work.(Rogers, 2017)
• “If you quote someone else’s work, cite it with the page number.”
(Rogers, 2017, p. 8)
• Or, Rogers (2017) says, “Citation isn’t that difficult once you get
the hang of it” (p. 8)
• Harvard referencing only: Here is the RMIT Guide
• Academics use this stuff to shout out to another other and
pay respect / acknowledgement. As Tutors we also use this
stuff to see how much attention you’ve paid to the details,
like David Lee Roth’s M&Ms.

5. Assessment #1
• DUE DATE: in Week 4 on 19th of March 2018 @
MIDNIGHT aka 11:59PM
• SUBMISSION: Electronically via CANVAS, must be
in PDF format
• WORD COUNT: 500 words +/- 50 words

6. Assessment #1
TASK: You need to choose an example of popular
culture, preferably something you are passionate
about or find interesting. Tell us why you think it is an
example of popular culture. As you write about your
popular culture passion or interest think about the
following questions: What do we mean by popular
culture? Is it easy to define what is popular? Is
culture easy to define? Who gets to say what is
popular? Who gets to say what culture is? Use these
questions to guide your discussion of your chosen
example.
• (https://emedia.rmit.edu.au/learninglab/content/ho
w-create-mind-map)

7. Assessment #1

10. In Groups
1. Why is your choice popular culture and not just culture?
(Hint: look at Week 1 slides on Canvas)
2. What’s so good about it?
3. What’s wrong with it? Is anything wrong with it?
4. What were the prevailing arguments, discussions or ideas
people talked about with your choice?
5. What did people DO with this piece of popular culture apart
from consume it?
6. Make a mind map on a white board