Lab 16 Rubric

1. Select one gamer site that you do not ordinarily visit where gamers self-identify as a culture or subculture (e.g., women, people of color, gays and lesbians, immigrants, or another minority group). Identify three discussion threads on the site where questions of personal identity and gaming are thematized explicitly.
(45 points)

Lab resources: http://www.racialicious.com/category/video-games/, www.gaymer.org, www.fragdolls.com.


__ Successfully selects a gamer site where gamers self-identify as a culture or subculture and identifies 3 discussion threads where questions of personal identity and gaming are thematized explicitly.
(45 points)
__ Successfully selects a gamer site where gamers self-identify as a culture or subculture and identifies 3 discussion threads but the threads do not directly address questions of personal identity and gaming.
(25 points)
__ Does not select a gamer site where gamers self-identify as a culture or subculture or identifies fewer than 3 discussion threads.
(0 points)

2. For each discussion thread, address whether or not the discussion is moderated by a forum moderator. Then summarize the topic question or debate for each discussion thread. Then, identify at least three positions on each topic question or debate taken by posters in each thread. Answer the following questions about each thread:
(45 points)

- What is this debate about, and what are the main points of contention?
- Where does agreement emerge in the discussion?
- What contentious points remain unresolved?

__ Successfully summarizes the topic question and debate for each discussion thread. Identifies at least 3 positions on each topic question or debate for each thread.
(45 points)
__ Successfully summarizes the topic question and debate for each discussion thread. Identifies fewer than 3 positions on each topic question or debate for each thread.
(30 points)
__ Does not summarize the topic question and debate; instead, provides a copy of the entire discussion thread or a summary is provided for fewer than 3 discussion threads.
(15 points)
__ No summary is provided of each discussion thread.
(0 points)

3. Publish your results to your blog in the form of a report. It should be clear, concise and grammatically correct.
(10 points)

__ Report is published to blog by 12:30 on Monday.
(10 points)
__ Results are published late.
(0 points)